OMNIBUS CAMERA

• US 20120002048A1
• Filed: 12/23/2009
• Published: 01/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mobotix AG (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Mobotix AG (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Hinkel, Ralf
• Granted Patent: US 9,165,445 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/143
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19626 optical details, e.g. lenses, mirrors or multiple lenses
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19628 of wide angled cameras and camera groups, e.g. omni-directional cameras, fish eye, single units having multiple cameras achieving a wide angle view
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19647 Systems specially adapted for intrusion detection in or around a vehicle

Abstract

The invention relates to a camera arrangement having at least one wide-angle camera for monitoring an elongated space, and to a mount for the camera. It is provided in this case that the mount is designed for directing the wide-angle camera with a field of view of low distortion onto distant parts of space, and for directing the wide-angle camera with a field of view of higher distortion onto closer parts of space.

Claims

1. A camera arrangement having at least one wide-angle camera for monitoring an elongated space and a mount for the camera, characterized in that the mount is designed for directing the wide-angle camera with a field of view of low distortion onto distant parts of space, and for directing the wide-angle camera with a field of view of higher distortion onto closer parts of space.

2. The camera arrangement as claimed in the preceding claim, characterized in that the mount is configured such that the optical axis of the wide-angle camera is directed onto a distant area.

3. The camera arrangement as claimed in the preceding claim, characterized in that two individual wide-angle cameras are provided back to back, and the mount is provided for fastening near the middle of the elongated area of space.