MOTION DETECTOR CAMERA

• US 20100208120A1
• Filed: 04/30/2010
• Published: 08/19/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Good Sportsman Marketing LLC
• Original Assignee: IP Holdings Incorporated (IP Holdings LLC)
• Inventors: Schnell, Tim
• Granted Patent: US 8,350,915 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/333.20
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 1/42 using electric radiation detectors optical or mechanical part G01J1/04; by comparison with a reference light or electric value G01J1/10
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/00 Details of cameras or camera bodies; Accessories therefor lens hoods or caps G03B11/04

Abstract

A motion detector camera includes a housing, viewing electronics mounted within the housing, an IR emitter exposed on a surface of the housing, a motion detector exposed on a surface of the housing, and a controller operatively coupled to the viewing electronics, the IR emitter, and the motion detector, wherein the controller is adapted to send an activation signal to the IR emitter and to the viewing electronics when the controller receives a triggering signal from the motion detector

Claims

1. A motion detector apparatus comprising:

a housing;

viewing electronics mounted within the housing;

an IR emitter exposed on a surface of the housing;

a motion detector exposed on a surface of the housing; and

a controller operatively coupled to the viewing electronics, the IR emitter, and the motion detector, wherein the controller is adapted to send an activation signal to the IR emitter and to the viewing electronics when the controller receives a triggering signal from the motion detector.

2. The motion detector apparatus of claim 1, wherein the motion detector includes a passive IR detector.

3. The motion detector apparatus of claim 1, wherein the housing includes an input for power input to the motion detector apparatus.

4. The motion detector apparatus of claim 1, wherein the viewing electronics includes a camera mechanism.

5. The motion detector of claim 1, wherein the viewing electronics include digital camera electronics.

6. The motion detector camera of claim 1, wherein the viewing electronics includes digital video recording electronics.

7. The motion detector camera of claim 1, wherein image information can be sent to a separate viewing monitor via an output port on the housing.

8. The motion detector camera of claim 1, wherein the housing includes a viewing screen to view images.

9. The motion detector camera of claim 1, wherein the camera includes a transmitter to wirelessly transmit image information.

10. A motion detector camera comprising:

a housing having a front surface and a back surface;

image recording electronics mounted within the housing;

an IR emitter exposed on the front surface of the housing;

a motion detector exposed on the front surface of the housing and configured to detect motion happening a distance away from the camera;

a controller operatively coupled to the image recording electronics, the IR emitter, and the motion detector, wherein the controller is adapted to send an activation signal to the IR emitter and to the image recording electronics when the controller receives a triggering signal from the motion detector; and

an LCD information display to display information concerning the motion detector camera, the LCD information display coupled to the front surface of the housing and externally exposed on the front surface of the housing such that the LCD information display is viewable when the housing is mounted to a structure.

11. The motion detector camera of claim 10, wherein the LCD information display includes a display area of at least 2 square inches.

12. The motion detector camera of claim 10, wherein the LCD information display is adapted to display an operating mode of the motion detector camera.

13. A motion detector camera comprising:

a housing including a front portion and a back portion, the back portion hingedly coupled to the front portion and wherein the housing is configured to be mounted to a structure with the back portion against the structure;

camera electronics mounted within the front portion of the housing;

an IR emitter exposed on a surface of the housing;

a motion detector exposed on a surface of the housing; and

a controller operatively coupled to the camera electronics, the IR emitter, and the motion detector, wherein the controller is adapted to send an activation signal to the IR emitter and to the camera electronics when the controller receives a triggering signal from the motion detector; and

an image display screen coupled to the camera electronics to display images captured by the camera electronics.

14. The motion detector camera of claim 13, wherein the camera further includes a user interface for controlling the succession of images on the screen.

15. The motion detector camera of claim 14, wherein the user interface includes a step forward button and a step backward button and wherein the user interface is located on the back surface of the front portion of the housing.