Patent ID: 11949989
Assignee: REDZONE ROBOTICS, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G  F | IPC F  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A system, comprising:
an inspection platform configured to move through underground infrastructure;
the inspection platform comprising:
a platform selected from one of a tracked platform and a float;
a modular sensor component comprising a housing enclosing circuitry, the modular sensor component configured to be coupled to, and decoupled from, the platform; and

a plurality of modular imaging devices forming an array of high resolution cameras, each of the plurality of modular imaging devices being configured to be coupled to, and decoupled from, the modular sensor component;
wherein:
a first high resolution camera of the array is coupled to a first side of the modular sensor component, wherein the first high resolution camera has a viewing axis that faces forward with respect to the inspection platform; and
a second high resolution camera of the array is coupled to a second side of the modular sensor component, the second high resolution camera of the array having a second viewing axis offset at least 90 degrees from the first viewing axis;
the circuitry configured to operate the array to capture a plurality of images using respective ones of the first and second high resolution cameras;
wherein the circuitry captures the plurality of images for a composite image of an interior region of the underground infrastructure, the interior region being larger than a single viewing field of any of the high resolution cameras; and
wherein the circuitry is configured to:
identify a three-dimensional (3D) shape of the underground infrastructure;
map data of respective ones of the plurality of images to the 3D shape; and
provide the composite image as a two-dimensional (2D) output configured for virtual panning.