Patent Document ID: 5532737
Application ID: 08255839
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A video camera arrangement comprising a plurality of individual video cameras having individual fields of view which merge contiguously to form a single aggregate field of view, said arrangement comprising, a mirror for receiving incident light, for allowing a portion of said incident light to pass through without reflection, and for reflecting a portion of said incident light, a first set of one or more video cameras having individual fields of view for receiving at least some of the light passed through said mirror, a second set of one or more video cameras having individual fields of view for receiving at last some of the light reflected by said mirror, the cameras in said first and second sets being positioned so that the aggregate field of view is formed by alternating the individual fields of view of the individual cameras of the first and second sets, the field of view of each camera of each set merging continuously along a boundary with a field of view of a camera of the other set.