Patent ID: 9690079
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: G02B,G03B,G06T,H04N

Claim:
1. A camera apparatus, comprising: a plurality of at least three optical chain, each optical chain in said plurality including an aperture, a light redirection element, and a sensor, said light redirection element changing the direction of light passing through the optical chain in which the light redirection element is located prior to the light passing through the optical chain reaching the sensor in the optical chain the plurality of at least three optical chains including: a first optical chain including a first aperture positioned in a face of said camera apparatus, said first aperture being closer to a first side of said camera apparatus than to a second side of said camera apparatus, said first optical chain including a first light redirection element directing light downward within said camera apparatus along a first optical path portion extending on a diagonal relative to a bottom of said camera apparatus, from said first light redirection device towards a first sensor of said first optical chain, said first sensor being located a greater horizontal distance away from said first side of said camera than said first aperture and a greater vertical distance from a top of said camera apparatus than said first aperture; a second optical chain including a second aperture positioned in the face of said camera apparatus, said second aperture being closer to the second side of said camera apparatus than to the first side of said camera apparatus, said second optical chain including a second light redirection element directing light upward within said camera apparatus along a second optical path portion extending on a diagonal relative to the bottom of said camera apparatus from said second light redirection device towards a second sensor of said second optical chain, said second sensor being located a lesser horizontal distance away from said first side of said camera than said second aperture and a lesser vertical distance from the top of said camera apparatus than said second aperture; and a third optical chain including a third aperture positioned in the face of said camera apparatus, said third aperture being closer to the second side of said camera apparatus than to the first side of said camera apparatus, said third optical chain including a third light redirection element directing light upward within said camera apparatus along a third optical path portion extending on a diagonal relative to the bottom of said camera apparatus from said third light redirection device towards a third sensor of said third optical chain, said third sensor being located a lesser horizontal distance away from said first side of said camera apparatus than said third aperture and a lesser vertical distance from the top of said camera apparatus than said third aperture.