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Scanning system

  • US 3,881,053 A
  • Filed: 10/10/1972
  • Issued: 04/29/1975
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/14/1955
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A remotely controlled scanning apparatus comprising in combination:

  • a television camera operable to scan a field aligned with the optical system of said camera, support means for supporting said television camera, means for movably mounting said television camera on said support means, motor means for driving said television camera in a plurality of directions on said support means, means for operating said television camera to cause it to scan the field aligned therewith and to generate video picture signals which are representative of the optical phenomena scanned by said camera, a monitor station having a video receiver and a video display means modulatable by the signals received from said television camera for generating visual presentations of the fields scanned by said television camera, means for communicating the output of said television camera to said video receiver, first control means for operating said motor means to effect the movement of said television camera in a first direction on said support means, second control means for said motor means operable to effect the movement of said television camera in a second direction on said support means, master control means for activating said first and second control means and means for operating said master control means to cause said motor means to drive said camera in a selected of said first and second directions, said master control means being operable when said television camera is predeterminately positioned after moving in said selected direction for stopping the movement of said camera to permit said camera to scan along a selected axis defining a predetermined image field and to generate picture signals of the phenomena within said predetermined image field.

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