Patent Document ID: 9374561
Application ID: 14226363
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An aerial camera system comprising: (a) a camera cluster including a plurality of cameras, each camera oriented in a direction selected from a plurality of different camera directions having a downward component; (b) two or more rotators configured to rotate the camera cluster about respective one or more axes of rotation in response to one or more signals, wherein a first rotator of the two or more rotators is configured to change an orientation of the camera cluster about a vertical axis and a second rotator of the two or more rotators is configured to change the orientation of the camera cluster about a horizontal axis; and (c) a control module configured to successively: (i) provide one or more signals to the two or more rotators to rotate the camera cluster, and (ii) cause cameras in the camera cluster to acquire respective aerial images.