ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,452,502, issued on Oct. 21.
"Dual-band panoramic camera system" was invented by Bob Pilgrim (Benton, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dual passband imaging system and method of assembly, use, and construction is disclosed. The imaging system locates a visible spectrum camera inside a parabolic mirror so as to be looking through a center hole within a flat mirror, and also locates a thermal spectrum camera to view the parabolic reflector through the center hole. A parabolic reflector is arranged to direct the exact same image-data toward the thermal spectrum camera and the visible spectrum camera."
The patent was filed on April 3, 20...