Housing for surveillance camera with integrated uninterruptible power supply

• US 20050232624A1
• Filed: 03/24/2005
• Published: 10/20/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cyrus Baldwin
• Original Assignee: Cyrus Baldwin
• Inventors: Baldwin, Cyrus
• Application Number:
  US11/088,302
• Publication Number:
  US 20050232624A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 396/278
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 7/26 Power supplies; Circuitry or arrangement to switch on the power source; Circuitry to check the power source voltage

Abstract

A housing including an enclosure and a backup battery system is provided wherein the backup battery system may be disposed within the enclosure. The enclosure may also be locked such that unauthorized personnel may not tamper with the camera'"'"'s operation. More particularly, the camera may be typically powered via a 110 VAC wall outlet. If the camera'"'"'s normal power is interrupted, a battery of the backup battery system contained within the enclosure may route power to the camera such that the camera continues to capture images even though the power which normally operates the camera is interrupted.

Claims

1. A surveillance camera housing comprising:

a. an enclosure defining an inner cavity;

b. a camera disposed in said inner cavity powered by a power supply; and

c. a backup battery system disposed within the inner cavity, the system comprising;

i. a battery charger interconnected to the power supply;

ii. a chargeable battery interconnected to said battery charger; and

iii. a switching circuit for interconnecting the battery to the camera upon failure of the power supply.

2. The housing of claim 1 further comprising:

a. a circuit relay electrically communicable with the power supply, the circuit relay traverseable to an opened position when power from the power supply is delivered to the circuit relay and traverseable to a closed position upon failure of the power supply; and

b. a power loss indicator unit in electrical communication with the battery when the circuit relay is in the closed position and electrical communication with the battery is interrupted when the circuit relay is in the opened position.

3. The housing of claim 2 wherein the power loss indicator unit comprises a power loss buzzer and a power loss indicator light which is activated when the circuit relay is in the closed position.

4. The housing of claim 2 further comprising an alarm trigger in electrical communication with the battery when the circuit relay is in the closed position to send power from the battery to an alarm input of the camera causing the camera to send an alarm to security.

5. The housing of claim 1 further comprising an on/off indicator light connected to the battery charger for indicating whether the power supply is powering the camera.

6. The housing of claim 1 further comprising a rocker switch electrically interposed between the battery and the camera, the rocker switch having an opened position and a closed position, the battery being in electrical communication with the camera when the switch is in the closed position and electrical communication between the camera and the battery being interrupted when the switch is in the opened position.

7. The housing of claim 1 wherein the backup battery system is disposable above the camera.

8. The housing of claim 1 further comprising a rotatable mount disposed within the enclosure, attached to the backup battery system and attachable to the camera.

9. The housing of claim 1 wherein the enclosure includes a base and a cover.

10. The housing of claim 9 wherein the base and cover are lockable to each other.

11. The housing of claim 1 further comprising a wireless data transmitter disposed within the inner cavity for transmitting images captured by the camera to an on site location or an off site location.

12. The housing of claim 1 further comprising a rotatable mount attached to the camera and the enclosure for rotating the camera.

13. A method of assembling a surveillance camera, the method comprising the steps of:

a. providing an enclosure defining an inner cavity;

b. disposing a camera into the inner cavity;

c. disposing a backup battery system into the inner cavity; and

d. interconnecting a power supply to said camera and said battery backup system

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising the step of locking the enclosure.

15. The method of claim 13 further comprising the step of connecting the backup battery system to the camera.

16. The method of claim 16 comprising the step of powering the camera with a battery of the backup battery system when the supplied power is interrupted.