Patent ID: 11902638
Assignee: BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 19:
20. An imaging system, comprising:
imaging optics;
field segmentation optics, wherein the field segmentation optics are located in an optical path defined at least in part by the imaging optics, between an exit pupil of the imaging optics and a focal plane of the imaging optics, wherein the field segmentation optics define a plurality of partially overlapping component images, and wherein the field segmentation optics are located closer to the focal plane of the imaging optics than to the exit pupil of the imaging optics;
a plurality of detector arrays, wherein at least one detector array in the plurality of detector arrays is positioned at a focal plane of each of the component images; and
imaging electronics, wherein the imaging electronics are operable to fuse a plurality of partially overlapping component images to form a composite image.