Surveillance Camera System
First Claim
1. A surveillance camera system 104 for use with closed-circuit television systems for capturing real-time images of a selected area and transmitting the images to a remote operating consol for viewing by an operator, comprising:
- a housing 100 having a top wall and an opened bottom;
a video communication board 130 pivotally and removably mounted inside of housing 100 and configured to support a plurality of communication or video interfaces;
a locking means for securing the video communication board 130 against the top wall of the camera housing when in a locked position;
a camera drive 105 removably secured in the housing 100 and located directly below the video communication board when in the locked position, the camera drive operable to orientate a video camera in 360°
azimuth and 180°
elevation, and comprising a removably mounted camera 110, pan-and-tilt drives 370, 136 and a CPU 206;
a hemispherical, translucent dome 120 of an acrylic material releasably fastened to the housing 100 and enclosing the camera 110;
a shroud 115 mounted interiorly of the dome 120 which rotates with the camera 110;
wherein the video communication board allows access to the plurality of communication or video interfaces when the board is in an unlocked position.
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Abstract
A surveillance camera system capable of accepting any appropriate surveillance camera and video transmission option and is programmed to operate with a multitude of competitive communication protocols with minimal servicing required. The system can quickly convert and/or update the camera system to be able to transmit video data over coaxial cable, unshielded twisted-pair (UTP), fiber optics or IP. A conversion from UTP to IP can convert the camera assembly into a network server for TCP/IP communication enabling the camera to be controlled locally or from any location over the internet using any installed network video protocol. The camera assembly with the ability to quickly configure the communication video interface via switch selectable on-board communication protocols.
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38 Claims
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1. A surveillance camera system 104 for use with closed-circuit television systems for capturing real-time images of a selected area and transmitting the images to a remote operating consol for viewing by an operator, comprising:
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a housing 100 having a top wall and an opened bottom;
a video communication board 130 pivotally and removably mounted inside of housing 100 and configured to support a plurality of communication or video interfaces;
a locking means for securing the video communication board 130 against the top wall of the camera housing when in a locked position;
a camera drive 105 removably secured in the housing 100 and located directly below the video communication board when in the locked position, the camera drive operable to orientate a video camera in 360°
azimuth and 180°
elevation, and comprising a removably mounted camera 110, pan-and-tilt drives 370, 136 and a CPU 206;
a hemispherical, translucent dome 120 of an acrylic material releasably fastened to the housing 100 and enclosing the camera 110;
a shroud 115 mounted interiorly of the dome 120 which rotates with the camera 110;
wherein the video communication board allows access to the plurality of communication or video interfaces when the board is in an unlocked position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method for defining and establishing privacy zones in a viewed video image which are to be concealed from view, the method comprising the steps of:
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generating a text overlay signal for use as a privacy mask corresponding to blocks of semi-transparent or non-transparent characters based on pan, tilt and zoom information of a camera; and
adding the text overlay signal to a displayed image on an on-screen display. - View Dependent Claims (33)
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34. A method for updating or changing a video interface for a surveillance camera system by updating a customer interface board 130 comprising the steps of:
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detaching a camera drive 105 from a housing 100 of the camera system;
unlocking the customer interface board 130 from a horizontal rest position and rotating the board 90°
downward to a vertical position;
connecting an appropriately desired video interface option to the customer interface board; and
reinserting the camera drive in the housing 100. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38)
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