Auto-steering waterproof video camera monitor

• US 20050195282A1
• Filed: 03/04/2004
• Published: 09/08/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: E-Benk Tech Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: E-Benk Tech Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Wei, David
• Application Number:
  US10/793,488
• Publication Number:
  US 20050195282A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/207.99
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/52 Elements optimising image sensor operation, e.g. for electromagnetic interference [EMI] protection or temperature control by heat transfer or cooling elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/55 Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source

Abstract

An auto-steering waterproof video camera monitor is disclosed and claimed, which comprises a housing holding a lens assembly for optical input and for converting inputted light signal into electronic signal for transmission through a signal output at the rear side of the housing, a gasket ring sealing the housing against outside water, a rotary shaft extended out of the housing for mounting on an external support, and a micro switch-controlled motor coupled to the rotary shaft and adapted to turn the housing and the lens assembly about the rotary shaft within a predetermined range of angles.

Claims

1. A video camera monitor comprising

a housing, said housing comprising a top cover shell and a bottom cover shell and defining an enclosed receiving space between said top cover shell and said bottom cover shell;

a lens assembly fastened to said housing, said lens assembly comprising a lens rotatable to adjust the focal length thereof for input of light, a photo sensor adapted to convert light signal into an electronic signal, and a water gasket ring mounted in between said lens assembly and said housing to seal against outside water;

a signal output provided at a rear side of said housing opposite to said lens assembly for transmitting the electronic signal from said photo sensor; and

a transmission mechanism, said transmission mechanism comprising a rotary shaft rotatably mounted in said bottom cover shell of said housing and connectable to an external support, a reversible motor fixedly mounted inside said bottom cover shell and coupled to said rotary shaft and adapted to rotate said rotary shaft, a control circuit module mounted inside said bottom cover shell and adapted to control the operation of said reversible motor, a first micro switch and a second micro switch electrically connected to said control circuit module and disposed at two opposite sides relative to said rotary shaft and adapted to reverse the direction of rotation of said reversible motor when triggered, and a triggering rod fixedly fastened to said rotary shaft between said first micro switch and said second micro switch and adapted to trigger said first micro switch and said second micro switch alternatively during operation of said reversible motor.

2. The video camera monitor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said signal output comprises an AV (audio/video) terminal.

3. The video camera monitor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said signal output comprises a modulator module and a radio transmitting antenna.

4. The video camera monitor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said signal output comprises a USB (universal serial bus) connector.

5. The video camera monitor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said signal output comprises a network connector.