Patent ID: 9684227
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G02B,G03B,H04N

Claim:
1. A housing assembly for a panoramic camera, comprising: a transparent cylindrical housing member sized to accommodate a cylindrical lens of the panoramic camera with a concentric gap between an inner surface of the transparent cylindrical housing member and an outer surface of the cylindrical lens, wherein the concentric gap has a consistent gap width between the inner surface of the transparent cylindrical housing member and the outer surface of the cylindrical lens; a bottom sealing member that forms a seal between a bottom of the transparent cylindrical housing member and a bottom of the cylindrical lens; and a top sealing member that forms a seal between a top of the transparent cylindrical housing member and a top of the cylindrical lens; wherein the transparent cylindrical housing member, bottom sealing member, and top sealing member are removable.