Patent Document ID: 8675068
Application ID: 12101167
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of capturing images comprising: capturing, via a first system that includes one or more first image capturing devices, overview images, wherein the overview images depict first areas; and capturing, via a second system that includes a plurality of second image capturing devices, detail images related to each other along a detail image axis, wherein the detail images depict second areas that: are subsets of the first areas, are arranged in strips parallel to the detail image axis, and have a higher resolution than corresponding portions of the overview images, wherein after capturing the overview images and the detail images, a bundle adjustment process to determine interior and exterior orientations of the detail images is performed based on overview image overlaps and the detail images, and detail photomaps are generated from the detail images using the interior and exterior orientations determined in the bundle adjustment process, and wherein the overview images have a redundancy greater than 17 images, an area of at least one overlapping overview portion between a first and second overview image is greater than or equal to 50% of an area of one of the first and second overview images, and an area of at least one overlapping portion of a first and second detail image is less than or equal to 10% of an area of one of the first and second detail images.