Patent ID: 9440750
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: B64D,G01C,G03B,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A system for capturing aerial images, the system comprising: a number N of steerable detail camera modules, where N is even and greater than two, each steerable detail camera module comprising a detail camera and a beam-steering mechanism, wherein a pointing direction of the detail camera is time-multiplexed to sweep out a wider effective field of view along a steering axis, the beam-steering mechanism comprising a first steerable mirror configured to tilt with respect to an optical axis of the detail camera module to effect steering, the detail camera modules being arranged in opposed pairs, each detail camera module being configured to sweep out a field of view from a substantially vertical angle to an oblique angle to cause each pair of opposed detail camera modules to sweep out a combined field of view between two opposed oblique angles.