Patent ID: 9395617
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: G02B,G03B,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A panoramic imaging system comprising: a first mirror, the first mirror directing light from a scene to an objective lens; the objective lens, the objective lens forming an image based on the light at a first image field, wherein the objective lens is dimensioned and arranged to reduce the magnitude of a first aberration introduced on the light by the first mirror; and a plurality of cameras that segment the image into a plurality of image portions, wherein each of the plurality of cameras includes a secondary lens and a focal plane array having a plurality of detector pixels, each secondary lens being operative for (1) forming a sub-image based on the respective image portion of the camera, the sub-image being formed on a region of the focal plane array that includes at least two detector pixels, and (2) further reducing the magnitude of the first aberration.