ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,964, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to NEARMAP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD. (Barangaroo, Australia).
"Shaped-aperture scanning aerial cameras" was invented by Paul Lapstun (Collaroy Beach, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scanning camera includes a camera assembly associated with curved scan paths. Each camera assembly includes an image sensor and a lens, and has a camera optical axis. Also included are a scanning mirror, and a drive to rotate the scanning mirror about a spin axis, which is tilted relative to the camera optical axis, according to a spin angle. The scanning mirror is tilted relative to the spin axis. For each camera as...