Surveillance system
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1. A surveillance system comprising:
- an elongated carriage track positioned along a line;
a carriage adapted to be supported by and be movably operated along said track;
drive means for positioning said carriage along said track;
a television camera supported by said carriage and positioned to view regions on the side of said track;
light attenuating means including an at least partially opaque cover extending from end to end of said track for blocking light transmission in through one region of said cover and out through another region of said cover whereby the outlines of said camera and said carriage are hidden;
display means for displaying the output of said camera; and
control means for selectively operating said drive means for selectively positioning said carriage along said track, whereby said camera may be positioned and selectively view a particular side region.
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A closed circuit TV surveillance system for retail and industrial establishments in which one or more cameras are movable along a rail assembly suspended from the ceiling which enables the cameras to be selectively trained on any area of interest within the establishment. Employing two cameras, one may be both tilted and horizontally trained to observe any location within the line of sight of the camera and the other one particularly tilted and trained to observe the amount showing on a cash register.
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1. A surveillance system comprising:
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an elongated carriage track positioned along a line; a carriage adapted to be supported by and be movably operated along said track; drive means for positioning said carriage along said track; a television camera supported by said carriage and positioned to view regions on the side of said track; light attenuating means including an at least partially opaque cover extending from end to end of said track for blocking light transmission in through one region of said cover and out through another region of said cover whereby the outlines of said camera and said carriage are hidden; display means for displaying the output of said camera; and control means for selectively operating said drive means for selectively positioning said carriage along said track, whereby said camera may be positioned and selectively view a particular side region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A surveillance system comprising:
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an elongated carriage track positioned along a line; a carriage adapted to be supported by and be movably operated along said track; drive means for positioning said carriage along said track; camera means comprising means for viewing at least two discrete fields of view to the sides of said track and providing a composite output thereof; light attenuating means including an at least partially opaque cover extending from end to end of said track for blocking light transmission in through one region of said cover and out through another region of said cover, whereby the outlines of said camera and said carriage are hidden; display means for displaying the outputs of said camera means; and control means for selectively operating said drive means for selectively positioning said carriage along said track, whereby said camera means may be positioned and selectively view a particular side region.
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