Patent ID: 8767102
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of increasing the image capture rate of a filter wheel image capture system having a lens creating an optical axis, a filter wheel having three or more triangle shaped filter wheel filter segments enclosed in frames, and an image capture sensor comprising: said filter segments enclosed in frames with said frames radially and sequentially directly attached to a non-stepping continuously rotating filter wheel that is positioned normal to the optical axis behind a lens transmitting telecentric or collimated light rays and in front of an image capture sensor; then first synchronizing said non-stepping continuously rotating filter wheel's rotational position with an image capture signal; then initiating said image capture signal at the time one of said filter segments enclosed in frames completely covers said image capture sensor; and, then terminating said image capture signal prior to said image capture sensor being covered by the next of said filter segments enclosed in frames.