US 12,010,438 B2
Camera array
Michael Shawn Lawler, Yelm, WA (US); and Ian Sharples, Epsom (GB)
Filed by Drivingplates.com LLC, Yelm, WA (US)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/149,051.
Application 18/149,051 is a continuation of application No. 17/835,903, filed on Jun. 8, 2022, granted, now 11,570,377.
Application 17/835,903 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/373,721, filed on Jul. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,388,352.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/050,365, filed on Jul. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0156351 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/90 (2023.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/90 (2023.01) [H04N 7/18 (2013.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera array system comprising a plurality of cameras, with the plurality of cameras comprising a first camera, a second camera, and a third camera, with the first camera having a first optical axis, the second camera having a second optical axis and the third camera having a third optical axis;
a. with each camera of the plurality of cameras configured to mount to a moving vehicle;
b. with the first optical axis and the second optical axis each angled between approximately 30 degrees and approximately 75 degrees upward from a ground along which the moving vehicle is moving;
c. with the third optical axis angled approximately 90 degrees upward from the ground along which the moving vehicle is moving;
d. with the first and second camera being disposed approximately equidistantly around a center point, with the third camera being disposed at the center point;
e. with footage from the third camera configured to be stitched together with footage from the first and second camera.