Patent ID: 8754983
Filing Date: 2014-06-17
Classification: G02B,G03B,H04N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method comprising the steps of: providing a camera; said camera including a housing; said camera including objective lens mounted on said housing; providing a generally curved sensor; said generally curved sensor being located within said housing and on the same optical axis as said objective lens; providing a plurality of generally flat mini-sensors located on said generally curved sensor; said plurality of generally flat mini-sensors having two edges which are generally parallel to the base of said generally curved sensor; said plurality of generally flat mini-sensors being arranged so that every other mini-sensor in each row of mini-sensors is positioned slightly higher than its two neighboring mini-sensors in the same row; each row of said plurality of generally flat mini-sensors being populated by at least one mini-sensor which is wider than a mini-sensor in a higher row; affixing said plurality of generally flat mini-sensors to said sensor so that said generally flat mini-sensors are arranged in horizontal rows, and so that each successive row is less densely populated with said generally flat mini-sensors; and rotating said generally curved sensor generally continuously about its vertical axis to enable the recordation of a plurality of images using a plurality of exposures at a plurality of times.