AERIAL CAMERA Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC G03B37/00 G01C11/02 

FIELD: physics.

SUBSTANCE: mirror, a lens and an additional housing are arranged in series in the device housing on a beam path on an optical axis. The mirror is mounted at an angle to the optical axis and can be turned by a first drive about said axis. The additional housing houses an optical receiver with a photodetector area in the plane of the best image of the lens. The additional housing can be rotated about the optical axis by its drive. The mirror can further turn about an axis perpendicular to the optical axis of the lens through a second drive. All three drives are equipped with torque motors, with the corresponding monoaxial spin-rate metre mounted on the rotor axle of each motor. One input of the drive control unit is connected to the output of a triaxial spin-rate metre whose measuring axes are aligned on the axes of the carrier, and the other input of the drive control unit is the control input of the entire aerial camera.

EFFECT: higher image quality, reduced effect of angular vibrations of the carrier, higher reliability of operation of the aerial camera.

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