Remote Inspection Device

• US 20110317064A1
• Filed: 06/16/2011
• Published: 12/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Andrzej R. Wojcicki, Christine H. Potter, Francis C. Ng, Fred S. Watts, James P. Bascom
• Original Assignee: Andrzej R. Wojcicki, Christine H. Potter, Francis C. Ng, Fred S. Watts, James P. Bascom
• Inventors: Watts, Fred S., Wojcicki, Andrzej R., Bascom, James P., Ng, Francis C., Potter, Christine H.
• Application Number:
  US13/161,606
• Publication Number:
  US 20110317064A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/372
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source

Abstract

A remote inspection device is disclosed. The device has an imager housing with an imager device, a grip housing, a cable connecting the imager and grip housings, a display housing removably attached to the grip housing, and a power tool battery pack removably attached to the grip housing. The display housing includes a battery and a display for showing images generated by the imager device. The battery may be charged by the power tool battery pack.

Claims

1. A remote inspection device comprising:

an imager housing with an imaging device disposed therein;

a grip housing;

a cable connecting the imager and grip housings;

a display housing removably attached to the grip housing, the display housing including a battery and a display for showing images generated by the imager device; and

a power tool battery pack removably attached to the grip housing.

2. The remote inspection device of claim 1, wherein the battery in the display housing is charged by the power tool battery pack.

3. The remote inspection device of claim 1, wherein the imager housing carries a light source.

4. The remote inspection device of claim 1, wherein a video transmitter sends information generated by the imager device to the display housing.

5. The remote inspection device of claim 4, wherein the video transmitter is disposed in the grip housing.

6. The remote inspection device of claim 1, wherein the cable electrically connects to the imager device to the power tool battery pack.

7. The remote inspection device of claim 4, wherein the display housing further comprises an accelerometer.

8. The remote inspection device of claim 1, wherein the display housing further comprises a processor and a memory connected to the processor.

9. The remote inspection device of claim 1, wherein the cable has a first portion attached to the grip housing and a second portion attached to the imager housing, the first and second portions being electrically connectable.

10. The remote inspection device of claim 1, wherein the imager housing can support an accessory thereon.

11. The remote inspection device of claim 1, wherein the display housing further comprises magnets.