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Panoramic camera with objective drum

US5305035A · kind A · utility

30Cited by

1References

7Claims

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Assignee

Kamerawerke Noble GmbH · DE

Inventors

Hans-Jörg Schönherr · Zeitz, DE
Hans Zimmet · Dresden, DE
Jurgen Krase · Pirna, DE
Michael Lenk · Pirna, DE
Siegfried Hainy · Dresden, DE
Karl Werner · Stuvsta-Snättringe, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 30, 1993
Grant date	Apr 19, 1994
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 30, 2013

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03B37/02
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A panoramic camera has a camera housing having a cylinder segment provided with an image window, an objective drum which is rotatable relative to the cylinder segment about a rotary axis, the cylinder segment having segment flanks located laterally near the image window, the segment flanks being provided with light catching grooves extending parallel to the rotary axis of the objective drum and ending at an angular distance from the outer edges of the cylinder segment, covered by a curvature of the drum.

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