Mounting system for a camera

• US 10,138,672 B2
• Filed: 05/20/2016
• Issued: 11/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Serge B. Hoyda
• Original Assignee: Serge B. Hoyda
• Inventors: Hoyda, Serge B., Hines, Zachary Bernard
• Primary Examiner(s): Wang, Xi
• Application Number:
  US15/161,173
• Publication Number:
  US 20170026555A1
• Time in Patent Office: 921 Days
• Field of Search: 361600-837, 3483331, 348143-160, 348 46, 349 5- 10
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 7/30 Peep-holes; Devices for speaking through; Doors having windows
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/041 Allowing quick release of the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/14 with ball-joint ball-jointed hinges F16C11/06 ; adjustable mountings employing universal joints for lighting devices F21V21/26 - F21V21/30
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2078 with ball-joint ball-jointed hinges F16C11/06
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2092 comprising means allowing depth adjustment, i.e. forward-backward translation of the head relatively to the undercarriage
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/24 changeable in height or length of legs, also for transport only, e.g. by means of tubes screwed into each otherF16M11/42 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/14 interchangeably
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/561 Support related camera accessories
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/565 Optical accessories, e.g. converters for close-up photography, tele-convertors, wide-angle convertors
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/566 Accessory clips, holders, shoes to attach accessories to camera if integral part of camera body G03B17/02
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 29/00 Combinations of cameras, projectors or photographic printing apparatus with non-photographic non-optical apparatus, e.g. clocks or weapons; Cameras having the shape of other objects combinations with flash apparatus G03B15/03
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/51 Housings
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3141 Constructional details thereof details not peculiar to the presence of an electronic spatial light modulator G03B21/14

Abstract

There is an apparatus for viewing on another side of a door comprising at least one mount, and at least one electronic device configured to be coupled to the at least one mount. There can be at least one camera coupled to the electronic device and to the at least one mount. There can also be at least one coupling element for coupling the electronic device to the mount and wherein the mount is configured to allow the electronic device to be mounted on a surface.

Claims

1. An apparatus configured to view people through a door comprising:

at least one mount;

at least one electronic device comprising a display configured to be coupled to said at least one mount; and

at least one camera coupled to the electronic device;

wherein said at least one mount comprises at least one coupling element for coupling said at least one electronic device to said at least one mount and wherein said at least one mount is configured to allow the electronic device to be mounted on a surface;

at least one telescoping scope coupled to said at least one camera and to said at least one electronic device, said at least one telescoping scope configured to be adjustable in length and to extend through the door from an inside surface of the door to an outside surface of the door wherein said camera and said at least one electronic device are positioned on an inside surface of the door; and

at least one power line extending through the door and into a wall and coupled at one end to at least one of said at least one electronic device and said at least one camera at one end and to a wall feed at an opposite end.

2. The apparatus as in claim 1, wherein the at least one electronic device comprises a screen and a display housing and wherein said at least one coupling element comprises a bracket which comprises a plurality of prongs, and wherein said plurality of prongs are configured to fit into said at least on display housing to selectively couple said at least one camera to said at least one display housing.

3. The apparatus as in claim 1, wherein said at least one mount further comprises a body configured to receive said at least one electronic device.

4. The apparatus as in claim 1, further comprising at least one adjustable arm.

5. The apparatus as in claim 4, wherein said at least one adjustable arm comprises a ball and socket joint.

6. The apparatus as in claim 1, wherein said at least one camera further comprises at least one lens assembly.

7. The apparatus as in claim 6, wherein said at least one lens assembly further comprises at least one screw connection.

8. The apparatus as in claim 7, wherein said at least one mount further comprises at least one screw receptacle for receiving at said at least one screw connection.

9. The apparatus as in claim 8, further comprising at least one screw, coupled to said at least one bracket, wherein said at least one screw is configured to couple said at least one bracket to said at least one camera.

10. The apparatus as in claim 9, wherein said at least one display housing further comprises a plurality of recesses configured to receive said plurality of prongs configured to fit inside of said at least one display housing.

11. The apparatus as in claim 10, wherein said bracket has at least one hole which is configured to receive at least one cable from said at least one camera.

12. The apparatus as in claim 11, wherein said screw is configured to selectively screw into said at least one bracket to selectively space said at least one camera from said at least one bracket.

13. The apparatus as in claim 12, wherein said prong on said bracket is substantially L-shaped.

14. The apparatus as in claim 13, wherein said at least one display is rotatable about said at least one mount.

15. The apparatus as in claim 1, wherein said at least one mount is electrically coupled to cabling inside of a door.

16. The apparatus as in claim 15, wherein said at least one camera is configured to move in an omnidirectional manner.

17. The apparatus as in claim 1, wherein said power line is disposed in a channel which extends through the wall and the door.

18. The apparatus as in claim 1, further comprising a hinge coupled to the wall and the door, wherein the hinge has an opening such that the channel extends through said hinge.

19. A device for viewing through a door and configured to receive power from a power line comprising:

a) a display positioned on a first side of the door;

b) a camera coupled to an opposite side of the door; and

c) at least one power cable extending through a wall and the door for powering said at least one camera said power cable being coupled to a power line comprising a wall feed;

at least one mount, adapted to couple said display to the door, wherein said mount comprises;

at least one double ended ball joint, configured to allow said display to be adjusted in a multi-dimensional manner;

at least one clamp, having a screw, wherein said screw of said at least one clamp extends transverse to said double ended ball joint;

at least one telescoping scope coupled to said at least one camera and to said at least one electronic device, said at least one telescoping scope configured to be adjustable in length and to extend through a door from an inside surface of the door to an outside surface of the door wherein said camera and said at least one electronic device are positioned on an inside surface of the door;

at least one sensor comprising a biometric sensor coupled to said at least one power cable.

20. The device as in claim 19, wherein said display is a screen and wherein said screen and said camera are powered by said at least one power cable.

21. The device as in claim 20, further comprising a projector wherein said projector projects a display on a surface.

22. The device as in claim 21, wherein said projector is positioned above the door and is configured to project the display on the door.

23. The apparatus as in claim 19, wherein said power line is disposed in a channel which extends through the wall and the door.

24. The apparatus as in claim 19, further comprising a hinge coupled to the wall and the door, wherein the hinge has an opening such that the channel extends through said hinge.