Imaging assembly and mounting for surveillance viewing under remote control
First Claim
1. An integrated imaging assembly and mounting therefor particularly for surveillance viewing under remote control from a closed circuit television system, said imaging assembly comprising an optical lens arrangment including, among other lenses, an objective lens, a mount for said objective lens, and an electronic, charge-coupled, image-acquisition device optically aligned with said lens arrangement for receiving images therefrom;
- mounting means for said imaging assembly;
means pivotally mounting said objective lens mount in said mounting means rearwardly of but adjacent to said objective lens, so the objective lens and the forward portion of said objective lens mount can be placed within a concave viewing dome of unusually small and shallow size, with the remainder of said imaging assembly and mounting therefor substantially wholly outside of and behind the concavity of the viewing dome, and can be tilted and panned to sweep over a broad viewing area with minimum protrusion thereinto;
remotely controlled means for tilting said objective lens mount;
remotely controlled means for panning said objective lens mount;
remotely controlled means for adjusting the positions of lenses in said lens arrangement; and
electronic video camera means with which said charge-coupled, image-acquisition device is electrically connected.
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Abstract
An integrated, miniaturized, imaging assembly, comprising microscope size and arrangement, video camera lenses having the objective lens in a mount that is preferably a blackened sphere and that is pivotally mounted in a supporting structure rearwardly of but adjacent to the objective lens, so the forward end of the lens mount can be placed within a concave dome of unusually small and shallow size with the remainder of the imaging assemby outside of and behind the concavity of such viewing dome, and can be tilted and panned to sweep over a broad viewing area with minimum intrusion thereinto. The imaging assembly includes an electronic image-acquisition device, in line with the optical axis of the lenses, and electronic camera circuitry preferably remote therefrom. An easily movable, tripod type of mount for the imaging assembly is adapted to rest on ceiling or other structure in which the viewing dome is mounted.
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1. An integrated imaging assembly and mounting therefor particularly for surveillance viewing under remote control from a closed circuit television system, said imaging assembly comprising an optical lens arrangment including, among other lenses, an objective lens, a mount for said objective lens, and an electronic, charge-coupled, image-acquisition device optically aligned with said lens arrangement for receiving images therefrom;
- mounting means for said imaging assembly;
means pivotally mounting said objective lens mount in said mounting means rearwardly of but adjacent to said objective lens, so the objective lens and the forward portion of said objective lens mount can be placed within a concave viewing dome of unusually small and shallow size, with the remainder of said imaging assembly and mounting therefor substantially wholly outside of and behind the concavity of the viewing dome, and can be tilted and panned to sweep over a broad viewing area with minimum protrusion thereinto;
remotely controlled means for tilting said objective lens mount;
remotely controlled means for panning said objective lens mount;
remotely controlled means for adjusting the positions of lenses in said lens arrangement; and
electronic video camera means with which said charge-coupled, image-acquisition device is electrically connected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
- mounting means for said imaging assembly;
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4. An integrated imaging assembly and mounting therefor particularly for surveillance viewing under remote control from a closed circuit television system, said imaging assembly comprising an optical lens arrangement including, among other lenses, an objective lens, a mount for said objective lens, an an electronic, charge-coupled, image-acquisition device optically aligned with said lens arrangement for recieving images therefrom;
- mounting means for said imaging assembly;
means pivotally mounting said objective lens mount in said mounting means rearwardly of but adjacent to said objective lens, so the forward end of said objective lens mount can be placed within a concave viewing dome of unusually small and shallow size, with the remainder of said imaging assembly outside of and behind the concavity of the viewing dome, and can be tilted and panned to sweep over a broad viewing area with minimum protrusion thereinto;
remotely controlled means for tilting said objective lens mount;
remotely controlled means for panning said objective lens mount;
remotely controlled means for adjusting the positions of lenses in said lens arrangement; and
electronic video camera means with which said image-acquisition, charge-coupled device is electrically connected, the mount for the objective lens being spherical in shape and pivoted on an axis extending transversely of and normal to the optical axis of said objective lens. - View Dependent Claims (5)
- mounting means for said imaging assembly;
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6. An integrated imaging assembly and mounting therefor according to claim4, wherein the remotely controlled means for tilting the objective lens mount comprises a sector gear fastened to said mount internally of its spherical shape;
- a drive pinion n mesh with said sector gear; and
a miniature, reversible, electric motor for rotating said drive pinion in opposite directions.
- a drive pinion n mesh with said sector gear; and
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7. An integrated imaging assembly and mounting therefor particularly for surveillance viewing under remote control from a closed circuit television system, said imaging assembly comprising an optical lens arrangement including, among other lenses, an objective lens, a mount for said objective lens, and an electronic, charge-coupled, image-acquisition device optically aligned with said lens arrangement for recieving images therefrom;
- mounting means for said imaging assembly;
means pivotally mounting said objective lens mount in said mounting means rearwardly of but adjacent to said objective lens, so the forward end of said objective lens mount can be placed within a concave viewing dome of unusually small and shallow size, with the remainder of said imaging assembly outside of and behind the concavity of the viewing dome, and can be tilted and panned to sweep over a broad viewing area with minimum protrusion thereinto;
remotely controlled means for tilting said objective lens mount;
remotely controlled means for panning said objective lens mount;
remotely controlled means for adjusting the positions of lenses in said lens arrangement; and
electronic video camera means with which said image-acquisition, charge-coupled device is electrically connected, the imaging assembly mounting means comprising a turntable;
mounting means for said turntable; and
a pair of arms depending from said turntable, the objective lens mount being pivotally mounted in and between the lower ends of the arms of said pair;
the remotely controlled means for panning the objective lens mount comprising a remotely controlled, miniature, electric motor; and
drive means between said electric motor and said turntable. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
- mounting means for said imaging assembly;
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20. An inconspicuous but broad sweep surveillance video viewing installation, comprising a concave viewing dome of unusually small size and shallow depth positioned for broad sweep viewing with its concavity facing upwardly;
- an integrated imaging assembly and mounting therefor adapted for interconnection with a closed circuit television system, said imaging assembly comprising an optical lens arrangement including, among other lenses, an objective lens, a mount for said objective lens, and an electronic, charge-coupled, image-acquisition device optically aligned with said lens arrangement for receiving images therefrom;
mounting means for said imaging assembly positioned above and substantially wholly outside the concavity of said dome;
means pivotally mounting said objective lens mount in said mounting means rearwardly of but adjacent to said objective lens at about the level of the opening of the concavity of the dome, so the objective lens and forward portion of said objective lens mount is within said dome, with the remainder of said imaging assembly and mounting therefor substantially wholly outside of and behind the concavity of the dome, and can be tilted and panned to sweep over a broad viewing area with minimum protrusion thereinto;
remotely controlled means for tilting said objective lens mount;
remotely controlled means for panning said objective lens mount;
remotely controlled means for adjusting the positions of lenses in said lens arrangement; and
electronic video camera means with which said image-acquisition, charge-coupled device is electrically connected. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
- an integrated imaging assembly and mounting therefor adapted for interconnection with a closed circuit television system, said imaging assembly comprising an optical lens arrangement including, among other lenses, an objective lens, a mount for said objective lens, and an electronic, charge-coupled, image-acquisition device optically aligned with said lens arrangement for receiving images therefrom;
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