Patent ID: 9407819
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: G01C,G02B,G03B,G08B,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An imaging system comprising: a device for multidirectional imaging, the device comprising a multidirectional imaging unit defining a plurality of fields of view (FOVs) and being configured for collecting a plurality of electromagnetic (EM) radiation portions from a plurality of scenes, each scene being imaged with a respective FOV, a sensor unit comprising at least one sensor configured for receiving EM radiation and generating image data indicative thereof, and guiding optics configured for receiving at least a part of the collected EM radiation portions and directing them onto the sensor unit, said guiding optics being configured for guiding EM radiation from each FOV onto a respective section of the sensor; and a control unit configured for receiving image data from the sensor unit, processing and analyzing the image data and generating data indicative of a certain condition in one or more of the FOVs, said control unit being configured for identifying the FOV that generated image data associated with the identified condition, by locating the section of the sensor which generated the imaged data associated with the condition.