Patent ID: 9531951
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method of capturing images using a camera system comprising at least two single cameras covering together a solid angle of 4 pi sr, a control unit and two or more sensors comprising an accelerometer and a rotation rate sensor, the method comprising: propelling the camera system by an initial acceleration to a starting velocity; triggering the camera system when the camera system falls short of a minimum distance of at most 5 cm from an apogee within a trajectory of the camera system, the triggering determined according to a predetermined objective function, the apogee determined by integrating acceleration of the camera system in time before entry into free fall with air resistance; capturing at least a single image by the two single cameras; and further comprising defining a maximum motion blur and calculating a maximum rotational rate r using exposure time applied and triggering the at least two single cameras by comparing values of the rotation rate sensor to the maximum rotational rate r by the control unit.