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Omnidirectional sensor array system

US9876953B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 31, 2011
Grant dateJan 23, 2018
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Expiry dateAug 4, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/661
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An omnidirectional sensor array system, for example a panoptic camera, comprising a plurality of sensors arranged on a support of predetermined shape to acquire data, wherein said sensors are directional and wherein each sensor is attached to a processing node which comprises integrated electronics that carries out at least a portion of the signal processing algorithms locally in order to reduce the computational load of a central hardware unit.

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