US Patent Issued to TOPCON on Sept. 1 for "Wide-angle camera device and survey system" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,340, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to TOPCON Corp. (Itabashi-ku, Japan).

"Wide-angle camera device and survey system" was invented by Taichi Yuasa (Itabashi-ku, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Problem:To provide a wide-angle camera device having a wide angle of view with less distortion in a peripheral portion of an image, and with less deterioration in resolution, and a survey system capable of acquiring an image including three-dimensional point cloud data.Resolution Means:A wide-angle camera device includes a plurality of cameras 2a and 2b. The cameras 2a and 2b respectively include imaging lens rear groups 10a and 10b as o...