Corner-oriented high-definition pylon-mounted cameras

• US 10,394,108 B2
• Filed: 11/16/2018
• Issued: 08/27/2019
• 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:
  US16/193,764
• Publication Number:
  US 20190086774A1
• Time in Patent Office: 284 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-mounted camera assembly comprising a body including a first face and a second face adjacent to the first face, such that the first face and the second face form a first corner, a first aperture arranged on a portion of and centered about the first corner, and a first camera positioned within the first aperture, the first camera facing outwardly from the body.

Claims

1. A pylon-mounted camera assembly, comprising:

a pylon positionable on a ground surface, the pylon including a first face and a second face adjacent to the first face, the first face and the second face forming a first corner;

a first aperture arranged on a portion of and centered about the first corner; and

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a first camera positioned within the first aperture, the first camera facing outwardly from the pylon.

2. The pylon-mounted camera assembly of claim 1, wherein the first camera is arranged about a first optical axis.

3. The pylon-mounted camera assembly of claim 1, wherein the first corner is chamfered or rounded.

4. The pylon-mounted camera assembly of claim 3, wherein the chamfer forms a surface between said first and second faces, and the first camera is mounted in said first aperture in the chamfered formed surface.

5. The pylon-mounted camera assembly of claim 1, wherein the first camera comprises a wide-angle lens.

6. The pylon-mounted camera assembly of claim 5, wherein the wide-angle lens comprises a first field of view where the first field of view is approximately 122 degrees.

7. The pylon-mounted camera assembly of claim 1, wherein the first face further comprises a second aperture and a second camera operatively arranged to be held within the second aperture.

8. The pylon-mounted camera assembly of claim 7, wherein the first camera and the second camera comprise a first telephoto lens and a second telephoto lens, respectively.

9. The pylon-mounted camera assembly of claim 1, wherein the first face comprises a plurality of ventilation channels operatively arranged to provide airflow to the first camera.

10. The pylon-mounted camera assembly of claim 1, wherein the first corner comprises a through-bore, wherein the through-bore is substantially defined by the first aperture.

11. The pylon-mounted camera assembly of claim 1, wherein the first face is substantially planar and the second face is substantially planar.

12. A pylon-mounted camera assembly comprising:

a pylon positionable on a ground surface, the pylon including a first face adjacent to a second face, and a third face adjacent to the second face, the first face and the second face forming a first corner and the second face and the third face forming 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 pylon; and

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a second camera positioned within the second aperture, the second camera facing outwardly from the pylon.

13. The pylon-mounted camera assembly of claim 12, wherein the first camera is arranged about a first optical axis and the second camera is arranged about a second optical axis, wherein the first optical axis and second optical axis are substantially orthogonal to one another.

14. The pylon-mounted camera assembly of claim 12, wherein the first corner and/or the second corner are chamfered or rounded.

15. The pylon-mounted camera assembly of claim 12, wherein the first camera and/or the second camera further comprise a first wide-angle lens and a second wide-angle lens, respectively.

16. The pylon-mounted camera assembly of claim 15, 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.

17. The pylon-mounted camera assembly of claim 12, further comprising a third camera operatively arranged to pass through the first face or the second face.

18. The pylon-mounted camera assembly of claim 17, wherein the third camera comprises a telephoto lens.

19. The pylon-mounted camera assembly of claim 12, wherein the first face or the second face further comprise a plurality of ventilation channels operatively arranged to provide airflow to the first and/or second camera.

20. The pylon-mounted camera assembly of claim 12, wherein the first corner comprises a first through-bore, wherein the first through-bore is substantially defined by the first aperture and the second corner comprises a second through-bore, wherein the second through-bore is substantially defined by the second aperture.