US 12,092,948 B2
Low parallax imaging system with an internal space frame
Christopher M. Muir, Rochester, NY (US); Andrew F. Kurtz, Macedon, NY (US); Thomas Bidwell, Bergen, NY (US); Adam Inskip, Wingerworth (GB); Karen Leap, Niskayuna, NY (US); and Nils Kingston, White River Junction, VT (US)
Assigned to Circle Optics, Inc., Rochester, NY (US)
Appl. No. 18/012,162
Filed by Circle Optics, Inc., Rochester, NY (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 22, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/038552
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/262768, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2021.
Application 18/012,162 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/017284, filed on Feb. 9, 2021.
Application PCT/US2021/017284 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2020/066702, filed on Dec. 22, 2020.
Application PCT/US2020/066702 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2020/039197, filed on Jun. 23, 2020.
Application PCT/US2020/039197 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2020/039200, filed on Jun. 23, 2020.
Application PCT/US2020/039200 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2020/039201, filed on Jun. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/183,961, filed on May 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0236493 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. G03B 37/04 (2021.01); G02B 7/00 (2021.01); G02B 13/00 (2006.01); G02B 13/06 (2006.01); G03B 17/12 (2021.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); G03B 7/00 (2021.01)
CPC G03B 37/04 (2013.01) [G02B 7/004 (2013.01); G02B 13/06 (2013.01); G03B 17/12 (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)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging device comprising:
a frame comprising:
a first polygonal face having a plurality of first edges defining a first periphery,
a second polygonal face having a plurality of second edges defining a second periphery, and
one or more kinematic elements coupling a first edge of the plurality of first edges to a first edge of the plurality of second edges;
a first camera coupled to the first polygonal face and having a first lens, the first lens having a plurality of first lens sides defining a first lens periphery; and
a second camera coupled to the second polygonal face and having a second lens, the second lens having a plurality of second lens sides defining a second lens periphery, a first lens side of the first lens sides contacting a second lens side of the second lens sides.