US Patent Issued to Rydeen North America on Oct. 7 for "Modular omnidirectional imaging system and method for vehicle visibility, recording, and communication" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,162, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Rydeen North America Inc. (Torrance, Calif.).

"Modular omnidirectional imaging system and method for vehicle visibility, recording, and communication" was invented by Philip Maeda (Torrance, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for capturing omnidirectional imaging data includes a sensor unit, an array of two or more digital cameras, and a processor. The digital cameras are each adapted for capturing subspherical imaging data. The processor is operatively connected to the array of digital cameras and is adapted for combining the subspherical imaging data into spherical imaging data. The...