SPHERICAL AND NEARLY SPHERICAL VIEW IMAGING ASSEMBLY

摘要

The present invention describes several embodiments of electro-optical assemblies capable of capturing full or nearly full spherical field of view. The present invention uses an reflective surface (1) to reflect light to a first image capture device (2) that represents a scene and a second image capture device (5) captures light from second scene that may represent a portion of the scene captured by the first image capture device. The present invention utilizes the concept of reflective surfaces and combining two images to achieve an even larger field of view.