US 12,092,800 B2
Opto-mechanics of panoramic capture devices with abutting cameras
Eugene Sisto, Rochester, NY (US); Andrew F. Kurtz, Macedon, NY (US); Allen Krisiloff, Rochester, NY (US); Thomas Bidwell, Bergen, 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); and Jose Manuel Sasian-Alvarado, Tucson, AZ (US)
Assigned to Circle Optics, Inc., Rochester, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/622,393
Filed by Circle Optics, Inc., Rochester, NY (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 23, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/039197
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/263865, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/972,532, filed on Feb. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/952,973, filed on Dec. 23, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/952,983, filed on Dec. 23, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/865,741, filed on Jun. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0357645 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 13/06 (2006.01); G02B 7/02 (2021.01); G02B 13/18 (2006.01); G02B 17/08 (2006.01); G03B 37/04 (2021.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/698 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)
CPC G02B 13/06 (2013.01) [G02B 7/021 (2013.01); G02B 13/18 (2013.01); G02B 17/0856 (2013.01); G03B 37/04 (2013.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/698 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging device comprising:
a first imaging lens comprising:
a first outer lens element having a polygonal shape comprising a plurality of first sides, and
a first datum feature on a first side of the plurality of first sides;
a second imaging lens comprising:
a second outer lens element having a polygonal shape comprising a plurality of second sides, and
a second datum feature on a second side of the plurality of second sides,
wherein the first datum feature and the second datum feature maintain a spacing between the first side and the second side,
wherein:
the first imaging lens images a first field of view comprising a first nominal field of view and a first extended field of view larger than the first nominal field of view;
the second imaging lens images a second field of view comprising a second nominal field of view and a second extended field of view larger than the second nominal field of view;
the first extended field of view and the second extended field of view overlap at a seam between the first imaging lens and the second imaging lens; and
a residual parallax error within the overlap of the first extended field of view and the second extended field of view is two pixels or less.