Patent Document ID: 9936112
Application ID: 15064045
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A monitoring camera arranged to monitor a scene, the monitoring camera comprising: an image processing unit and an image capturing unit, wherein the image processing unit is arranged to receive images from the image capturing unit, wherein the image capturing unit comprises a first, wide-angle lens arranged for imaging a first, panoramic view of the scene, a second, non-wide-angle lens, arranged for imaging a second view of the scene, wherein the second lens is mounted with its optical axis at a second angle to an optical axis of the first lens, such that the second view of the scene imaged by the second lens covers a first part of a peripheral portion of the first view, an image sensor, arranged to capture the first view imaged by the first lens, at a first end region, and arranged to capture a portion of the second view, at a second end region, wherein the first view and the second view are captured at a substantially same time, and a first optical element having a first reflective surface, wherein the first reflective surface is mounted at a first, acute angle to the optical axis of the second lens, and arranged to reflect the portion of the second view, and wherein the image sensor is mounted in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the first lens, or wherein the first reflective surface is mounted at a first, acute angle to the optical axis of the first lens, and arranged to reflect the first view, and wherein the image sensor is mounted in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the second lens; wherein when the first reflective surface is mounted at a first, acute angle to the optical axis of the second lens, and arranged to reflect the portion of the second view, and wherein the image sensor is mounted in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the first lens, the monitoring camera further comprising: a third, non-wide-angle lens, arranged for imaging a third view of the scene, and a second optical element having a second reflective surface, wherein the second reflective surface is arranged at a third, acute angle to an optical axis of the third lens, and arranged to reflect a portion of the third view imaged by the third lens, wherein the image sensor is arranged to capture the reflected portion of the second view image reflected by the first reflective surface, at a first part of the second end region, and to capture the reflected portion of the third view image reflected by the second reflective surface, at a second part of the second end region, and wherein the third lens is mounted with its optical axis at a fourth angle to the optical axis of the first lens, such that the third view of the scene imaged by the third lens covers a second part of a peripheral portion of the first view imaged by the first lens.