US 12,010,439 B2
Camera array systems and devices, including floating plate configurations and split plate configurations
Michael Shawn Lawler, Yelm, WA (US); and Ian Sharples, Epsom (GB)
Filed by Drivingplates.com LLC, Yelm, WA (US)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/207,876.
Application 18/207,876 is a continuation in part of application No. 18/149,051, filed on Dec. 30, 2022.
Application 18/149,051 is a continuation of application No. 17/835,903, filed on Jun. 8, 2022, granted, now 11,570,377, issued on Jan. 31, 2023.
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, issued on Jul. 12, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/050,365, filed on Jul. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0396892 A1, Dec. 7, 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)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera array system comprising a plurality of cameras, with the plurality of cameras comprising a first camera cluster, a second camera cluster, a third camera cluster, a first plate, and a second plate;
a. with the first and second plate being separate plates with each configured to being separately mounted to a moving vehicle;
b. with the first camera cluster attached to the first plate and the third camera cluster attached to the second plate;
c. with the first camera cluster comprising a first camera, a second camera, and a third camera;
d. with the second camera cluster comprising a fourth camera and a fifth camera;
e. with the third camera cluster comprising a sixth camera, a seventh camera, and an eighth camera;
f. with the first camera having a first optical axis, the second camera having a second optical axis, the third camera having a third optical axis, the fourth camera having a fourth optical axis, the fifth camera having a fifth optical axis, the sixth camera having a sixth optical axis, the seventh camera having a seventh optical axis, and the eighth camera having an eighth optical axis;
g. with the first, second and third optical axes intersecting in fields of view of the first, second, and third cameras;
h. with fields of view of the fourth and fifth cameras not overlapping;
i. with the sixth, seventh, and eighth optical axes intersecting in fields of view of the sixth, seventh, and eighth cameras;
j. with the first and sixth optical axis being oriented along a path along which the moving vehicle moves;
k. with the second camera cluster being disposed between the first and third camera cluster;
l. with the fourth and fifth optical axes being approximately perpendicular to the first optical axis.