Patent Document ID: 8305425
Application ID: 12545296
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A panoramic camera system, comprising: a unified optical system including: a first set of lenses that guides images received from horizontal directions of a target scene that surrounds the unified optical system in a 360 degree field of view, a deflecting device that deflects the images guided through the first set of lenses, and a second set of lenses that projects the images deflected by the deflecting device; an image capture device that collects the projected images into a determined pattern based on the second set of lenses; and a processing unit that processes the collected images from the image capture device to generate at least one of image signals and video signals representing a panoramic rendition of the target scene; wherein the first set of lenses includes a first lens that guides images from a first horizontal field of view of the target scene, and wherein the deflecting device deflects the images guided by the first lens to a second lens included in the second set of lenses, and wherein the first set of lenses further guides images received from a top side direction of the target scene that surrounds the unified optical system and wherein the first set of lenses includes a third lens that guides images from the top side field of view of the target scene to a fourth lens included in the second set of lenses without manipulation by the deflecting device.