360 degree video camera system

• US 20050140785A1
• Filed: 02/24/2005
• Published: 06/30/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Joseph J. Mazzilli
• Original Assignee: Joseph J. Mazzilli
• Inventors: Mazzilli, Joseph J.
• Application Number:
  US11/064,613
• Publication Number:
  US 20050140785A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/148
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/12 Mirror assemblies combined with other articles, e.g. clocks
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/02 for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0211 for record carriers apparatus, e.g. video recorders, tape players or CD players
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0235 of flat type, e.g. LCD
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/04 Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2001/1253 with cameras, video cameras or video screens
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0026 Windows, e.g. windscreen
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0035 Sun visors
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0082 collapsible, e.g. for storing after use
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0085 with adjustment by rotation in their operational position
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0891 Video recorder in combination with video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/196 using television cameras
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19619 Details of casing
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19632 Camera support structures, e.g. attachment means, poles
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19641 Multiple cameras having overlapping views on a single scene
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1965 the vehicle being an aircraft
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19673 Addition of time stamp, i.e. time metadata, to video stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/50 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/698 : for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/142 : Constructional details of the terminal equipment, e.g. arrangements of the camera and the display
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 : Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 : for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

The present invention relates to a video camera system which has a 360° range for digital video recording inside and outside of an automotive vehicle.

Claims

1. An image recording system, comprising:

a camera housing including a plurality of cameras, located on each side of said housing to provide a 360°

range for video recording images received by said lenses;

a recorder for multiplying and recording all recorded images received from said cameras thereby providing a recording of a 360°

environment surrounding said camera housing.

2. The system according to claim 1 wherein said camera housing is mounted on a windshield of a vehicle.

3. The system according to claim 2 wherein said vehicle is a truck and said camera housing is mounted onto the windshield of said truck by means of a bracket and a stem.

4. The system according to claim 1 wherein said camera housing is located in a vehicle.

5. The system according to claim 4 wherein said camera housing is suspended from a ceiling inside said vehicle.

6. The system according to claim 4 wherein said vehicle is a train car.

7. The system according to claim 4 wherein said vehicle is a plane

8. The system according to claim 4 wherein said vehicle is a truck.

9. The system according to claim 4 wherein said vehicle is a ship.

10. The system according to claim 1 wherein said camera housing is located inside an office room.

11. The system according to claim 10 wherein said camera housing is suspended from a ceiling of said office room.

12. The system according to claim 10 wherein said camera housing is placed on a desk or a table inside said office room.

13. The system according to claim 1 wherein said camera housing is located inside a room of a residence.

14. The camera system according to claim 13 wherein said camera housing is suspended from a ceiling of said room of said residence.

15. The system according to claim 13 wherein said camera housing is placed on a desk or a table inside said office room

16. The system according to claim 1 wherein said cameras transmit said recorded images to a digital video recorder by wireless transmission.

17. The system according to claim 1 wherein said cameras transmit said recorded images to said digital video recorder by wired transmission.

18. The system according to claim 1 wherein said camera housing is shaped circularly and each of said cameras is located 90 degrees apart from each other.

19. The system according to claim 1 wherein said camera housing is cube shaped and each side surface of said cube shaped camera housing has a lens therein.