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Method of automatically tracking and photographing celestial objects, and camera employing this method
US9509920B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-9509920-B2 |
| Application number | US-201113641545-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Apr 27, 2011 |
| Priority date | Apr 28, 2010 |
| Publication date | Nov 29, 2016 |
| Grant date | Nov 29, 2016 |
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A method of automatically tracking and photographing celestial objects which captures a still image of a celestial object(s) where each celestial object appears stationary simply by making an exposure with a camera directed toward an arbitrary-selected celestial object and fixed with respect to the ground and without using an equatorial, and also a camera that employs this method. The method includes inputting latitude information at a photographic site, photographing azimuth angle information, photographing elevation angle information, attitude information of a photographic apparatus and focal length information of a photographing optical system; calculating movement amounts of the celestial object image relative to the photographic apparatus, for fixing the celestial object image with respect to the predetermined imaging area of an image pickup device, using all of the input information; and obtaining a photographic image by moving at least one of the predetermined imaging area and the celestial object image.
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The invention claimed is: 1. A method of automatically tracking and photographing a celestial object which moves relative to a photographic apparatus due to diurnal motion so that a celestial object image, which is formed on an imaging surface of an image pickup device via a photographing optical system, becomes stationary relative to a predetermined imaging area of said imaging surface of said image pickup device during a tracking and photographing operation, said method comprisin…
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Electricity · mapped topic
Electricity · mapped topic
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- What does patent US9509920B2 cover?
- A method of automatically tracking and photographing celestial objects which captures a still image of a celestial object(s) where each celestial object appears stationary simply by making an exposure with a camera directed toward an arbitrary-selected celestial object and fixed with respect to the ground and without using an equatorial, and also a camera that employs this method. The method in…
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Ohta Makoto, Ricoh Imaging Co Ltd
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification H04N5/2628. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
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- Publication date Tue Nov 29 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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