US 12,332,549 B2
Mounting systems for multi-camera imagers
Thomas Bidwell, Bergen, NY (US); Christopher M. Muir, Rochester, NY (US); Eugene Sisto, Rochester, NY (US); Andrew F. Kurtz, Macedon, NY (US); Allen Krisiloff, Rochester, NY (US); John Bowron, Burlington (CA); Zakariya Niazi, Rochester, NY (US); Robert Stanchus, Wolcott, NY (US); James Mazzarella, Fairport, NY (US); Robert Baldino, Spencerport, NY (US); Deanan DaSilva, Playa del Rey, CA (US); Jose Manuel Sasian-Alvarado, Tucson, AZ (US); and Charles E. Brugger, Webster, NY (US)
Assigned to Circle Optics, Inc., Rochester, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/908,158
Filed by Circle Optics, Inc., Rochester, NY (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 22, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/066702
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 30, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/133843, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 1, 2021.
Application 17/908,158 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2020/039197, filed on Jun. 23, 2020.
Application 17/908,158 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2020/039201, filed on Jun. 23, 2020.
Application 17/908,158 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2020/039200, filed on Jun. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/972,532, filed on Feb. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/952,983, filed on Dec. 23, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/952,973, filed on Dec. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0152672 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. G03B 17/14 (2021.01); G02B 7/00 (2021.01); G02B 7/14 (2021.01); G02B 13/06 (2006.01); G03B 37/04 (2021.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); G02B 13/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC G03B 17/14 (2013.01) [G02B 7/004 (2013.01); G02B 7/14 (2013.01); G02B 13/06 (2013.01); G03B 37/04 (2013.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); G02B 13/0095 (2013.01); G02B 27/0025 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging device comprising:
a first camera configured to image a first polygonal field of view to a first image plane, the first camera including a first lens housing having first sides defining a first polygonal periphery that supports a first outer lens element, a first side of the first sides including a first alignment feature and at least one first magnet, the first alignment feature comprising a ball; and
a second camera configured to image a second polygonal field of view to a second image plane, the second camera including a second lens housing having a plurality of second sides defining a second polygonal periphery that supports a second outer lens element, a second side of the second sides including a second alignment feature and at least one second magnet, the second alignment feature comprising at least one of a vee-groove or a flat;
wherein the first alignment feature cooperates with the second alignment feature and the first magnet attracts the second magnet cooperate to couple the first side and the second side at a seam.