Rugged miniature pan/tilt dome camera assembly
First Claim
1. An apparatus for housing, panning, and tilting a video camera, comprising:
- a base housing;
a platform support attached to the base housing;
a movable platform suspended relative to the platform support, the video camera having first and second sides and located centrally relative to the movable platform;
a pan motor attached to the movable platform adjacent to the first side of the video camera and mechanically coupled to the platform support to effect panning of the movable platform through a range of azimuthal angles relative to the platform support; and
a tilt motor attached to the movable platform adjacent to the second side of the video camera and directly coupled to the video camera to effect tilting of the video camera through a range of elevation angles relative to the platform support.
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Abstract
A dome camera assembly (10) of this invention includes a base housing (12) and a transparent dome (14). A pan motor (18), a tilt motor (20), and a video camera (22), are mounted to a movable platform (24) that is suspended by horizontal and vertical bearings (32, 36) to a platform support ring (26) attached to the base housing. The pan motor is direct-coupled to the platform support ring by a panning drive wheel (28) that pans the video camera through azimuthal angles. The tilt motor is attached to the movable platform and is directly coupled to the video camera for tilting the camera through elevation angles. The pan and tilt motors are mounted in a balanced configuration at opposite sides of the video camera with their drive shafts rotating about a common axis that extends through the center of gravity of the video camera.
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33 Claims
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1. An apparatus for housing, panning, and tilting a video camera, comprising:
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a base housing;
a platform support attached to the base housing;
a movable platform suspended relative to the platform support, the video camera having first and second sides and located centrally relative to the movable platform;
a pan motor attached to the movable platform adjacent to the first side of the video camera and mechanically coupled to the platform support to effect panning of the movable platform through a range of azimuthal angles relative to the platform support; and
a tilt motor attached to the movable platform adjacent to the second side of the video camera and directly coupled to the video camera to effect tilting of the video camera through a range of elevation angles relative to the platform support. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus for housing, panning, and tilting a video camera, comprising:
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a base housing;
a platform support attached to the base housing;
a movable platform suspended relative to the platform support by at least three vertical bearings and at least three horizontal bearings, the video camera having first and second sides and located centrally relative to the movable platform;
a pan motor attached to the movable platform adjacent to the first side of the video camera and mechanically coupled to the platform support to effect panning of the movable platform through a range of azimuthal angles relative to the platform support; and
a tilt motor attached to the movable platform adjacent to the second side of the video camera and directly coupled to the video camera to effect tilting of the video camera through a range of elevation angles relative to the platform support. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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