Corner-oriented high-definition pylon-mounted cameras

• US 10,139,709 B2
• Filed: 10/16/2017
• Issued: 11/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Admiral Video, LLC
• Original Assignee: Admiral Video, LLC
• Inventors: Halsey, Paul M., Curtin, Joel D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pasiewicz, Daniel M
• Application Number:
  US15/784,974
• Publication Number:
  US 20180039163A1
• Time in Patent Office: 407 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/806 Video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2243/007 American football
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/023 Supports, e.g. poles
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 13/02 Telephoto objectives, i.e. systems of the type + - in which the distance from the front vertex to the image plane is less than the equivalent focal length
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/293 with wavelength selective means
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/2938 for multiplexing or demultiplexing, i.e. combining or separating wavelengths, e.g. 1xN, NxM
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4246 Bidirectionally operating package structures
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4284 of optical modules with disconnectable electrical connectors latching arms for electrical connectors H01R13/627
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/02 Bodies
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/08 Waterproof bodies or housings
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/55 with provision for heating or cooling, e.g. in aircraft
• 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 2217/002 Details of arrangement of components in or on camera body
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 37/00 Panoramic or wide-screen photography; Photographing extended surfaces, e.g. for surveying; Photographing internal surfaces, e.g. of pipe
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/50 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/51 Housings
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/57 Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices

Abstract

A pylon/camera assembly including a body having a first face adjacent to a second face, and a third face adjacent to the first face and the second face, such that the first face and the second face form a first corner and the second and third face form a second corner, a first aperture arranged at and centered about the first corner, a second aperture arranged at and centered about the second corner, a first camera positioned within the first aperture, the first camera facing outwardly from the body, and a second camera positioned within the second aperture, the second camera facing outwardly from the body.

Claims

1. A pylon/camera assembly comprising:

a body having a first face adjacent to a second face, and a third face adjacent to the first face and the second face, such that the first face and the second face form a first corner and the second and third face form a second corner;

a first aperture arranged at and centered about the first corner;

a second aperture arranged at and centered about the second corner;

a first camera positioned within the first aperture, the first camera facing outwardly from the body;

a second camera positioned within the second aperture, the second camera facing outwardly from the body; and

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a third camera operatively arranged to pass through the first face or the second face.

2. The pylon/camera assembly of claim 1, wherein the first camera is arranged about a first optical axis and the second camera is arranged about a second optical axis, where the first optical axis and second optical axis are substantially orthogonal to one another.

3. The pylon/camera assembly of claim 1, wherein the first corner and second corner are chamfered or rounded.

4. The pylon/camera assembly of claim 1, wherein the first camera and second camera further comprise a first wide-angle lens and a second wide-angle lens, respectively.

5. The pylon/camera assembly of claim 4, wherein the first wide-angle lens and the second wide-angle lens have a first field of view and a second field of view, respectively, and the first field of view and the second field of view are approximately 122 degrees.

6. The pylon/camera assembly of claim 1, wherein the third camera comprises a telephoto lens.

7. The pylon/camera assembly of claim 1, wherein the first face or the second face further comprise a plurality of apertures.

8. The pylon/camera assembly of claim 1, wherein the first corner comprises a first through-bore, where the first through-bore is substantially defined by the first aperture and the second corner comprises a second through-bore, where the second through-bore is substantially defined by the second aperture.