Patent ID: 8520079

Claim:
An image capture system for capturing images of an object, the image capture system comprising: a moving platform; at least three image capture devices mounted to the moving platform, each image capture device having a sensor for capturing an image and an event channel providing an event signal indicating the capturing of an image by the sensor; a monitoring system recording data indicative of a position and orientation as a function of time related to the moving platform, the monitoring system having fewer input ports for initiating the recording of the data indicative of the position and orientation as a function of time than the at least three image capture devices; an event multiplexer multiplexing at least three image capture inputs to at least one output port, the event multiplexer having more image capture inputs than the input ports of the monitoring system, wherein the event channels of the at least three image capture devices are connected to the at least three image capture inputs, the event multiplexer outputting information from the image capture devices through the at least one output port to the monitoring system for correlating the data indicative of position and orientation as a function of time with particular captured images; and a computer system independently controlling the at least three image capture devices and receiving and storing the information.