Abstract: A screw based coupler mechanism can include a head, a shank, and/or a helical ridge wrapped around the shank. The shank can include an electronic connector with one or more electronic pin outs. The shank can be configured to be physically and electronically mated to an electronic device. The electronic device can include a base and a hollow region surrounded by a matching helical ridge which securely mate the component to the shank. In one embodiment, the electronic device can be a panoramic camera which can be secured to a screw based coupler of a mounting platform.

Abstract: A rectangular image sensor can be present within an optical capture device. Two lenses can capture and direct light from the real world environment upon the image sensor. The light from each of the two lenses can be concurrently directed to the same rectangular image sensor. Each of the two lenses can produce a corresponding image circle simultaneously on the rectangular image sensor. An area of the image circles from the two lenses can be non-overlapping. The image sensor can be a device which converts light within the real world environment into electronic signals.

Abstract: A camera can include a housing, two lenses, a prism-shaped reflector, a reflector support surface, and an optical sensor. The two lenses are coupled to the housing in substantially opposing directions. The prism-shaped reflector has two parallel surfaces and three additional surfaces comprising: a first and a second reflective surfaces and a support plane. The reflector support surface is bonded to the prism-shaped reflector at the support plane. The optical sensor includes a surface upon which two non-overlapping image circles are concurrently projected; one from each of the two lenses. Each image circle results from a light path from a respective one of the two lenses being reflected off one of the first and second reflective surfaces onto the surface of the optical sensor.