Image adjusting assembly for a monitoring camera

• US 7,425,101 B2
• Filed: 05/26/2006
• Issued: 09/16/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yi-Jen Cheng
• Original Assignee: Yi-Jen Cheng
• Inventors: Cheng, Yi-Jen
• Primary Examiner(s): Perkey; W. B.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Fenwick; Warren K
• Application Number:
  US11/441,475
• Publication Number:
  US 20070274706A1
• Time in Patent Office: 844 Days
• Field of Search: 396/427, 396/419, 348/373, 348/825, 348/143, D16/203, 206/316.1, 206/316.2, D83/73
• US Class Current: 396/427
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/00 Details of cameras or camera bodies; Accessories therefor lens hoods or caps G03B11/04
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19619 Details of casing
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1963 Arrangements allowing camera rotation to change view, e.g. pivoting camera, pan-tilt and zoom [PTZ]

Abstract

An image adjusting assembly for a monitoring camera has a connecting frame, a rotating bracket and a fastener. The connecting frame is mounted around the camera bracket and is attached slidably to the positioning arms and has an upper connecting frame and a lower connecting frame. The upper connecting frame has two open ends and a curved channel. The lower connecting frame is connected to the upper connecting frame and has two open ends, a curved channel and a positioning board. The rotating bracket is connected to the connecting frame and the camera bracket and has multiple connecting boards, a rotating board and a through hole. The rotating board is mounted slidably in the curved channels of the connecting frame. The fastener extends through the positioning board and presses against the rotating board to hold the rotating bracket in place.

Claims

1. A monitoring camera having

a base having

a closed bottom end;

an open top; and

an internal space defined inside the base;

an adjustment bracket mounted rotatably in the internal space against the closed bottom end of the base and having

a mounting base attached rotatably to the closed bottom of the base in the internal space and with an outer edge; and

two positioning arms protruded perpendicular from the outer edge of the mounting base diametrically opposite to each other, parallel and facing with each other, and each positioning arm having

a proximal end formed on the outer edge of the mounting base of the adjustment bracket;

a distal end extended out from the open top of the base; and

a curved slot defined through the distal end of the positioning arm;

a camera bracket mounted between the positioning arms and having

a top;

a bottom;

a connecting frame mounted in the bottom; and

a camera lens protruded out from the top;

a lens cover mounted around the open top of the base to protect the camera lens and the connecting frame; and

an image adjusting assembly mounted in side the base and having

a connecting frame mounted around the camera bracket and attached slidably to the positioning arms and having

an upper connecting frame having

two open ends;

an inner face; and

a curved channel formed in the inner face of the upper connecting frame from one open end to the other open end; and

a lower connecting frame being connected to the upper connecting frame and having

two open ends;

an inner face;

a curved channel being formed in the inner face of the lower connecting frame from one open end to the other open end and communicating to and corresponding to the curved channel of the upper connecting frame; and

a positioning board being formed in the inner face of the lower connecting frame over the curved channel between the open ends and having multiple positioning holes;

a rotating bracket connected to the connecting frame and the camera bracket and having

multiple connecting boards attached securely to the camera bracket and covering around the circuit board;

a rotating board being mounted with the connecting boards and mounted slidably in the curved channels in the upper connecting frame and the lower connecting frame and having a center; and

a through hole formed through the center of the rotating board and the camera lens extending out from the rotating board through the through hole; and

a fastener extending through one of the positioning holes in the positioning board and pressing against the rotating board to hold the rotating bracket in place.

2. The monitoring camera as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the upper connecting frame further has

two threaded holes respectively formed in the open ends of the upper connecting frame;

and

the lower connecting frame further has

two mounting blocks respectively formed in the open ends of the lower connecting frame and corresponding to the curved slots in the positioning arms and the open ends of the upper connecting frame, each having

a mounting hole formed in the mounting block and corresponding to the curved slot in a corresponding one of the positioning pawls; and

a through hole formed through the mounting block and aligning with one of the thread holes in the upper connecting frame.

3. The monitoring camera as claimed in claim 2, wherein the upper connecting frame and the lower connecting frame are semicircle-shaped.

4. The monitoring camera as claimed in claim 3, wherein the positioning board is semicircle-shaped.

5. The monitoring camera as claimed in claim 4, wherein the multiple positioning holes are arranged on the positioning board in a line.

6. The monitoring camera as claimed in claim 5, wherein the fastener is a bolt and the positioning holes are threaded holes.

7. The monitoring camera as claimed in claim 1, wherein the upper connecting frame and the lower connecting frame are semicircle-shaped.

8. The monitoring camera as claimed in claim 1, wherein the positioning board is semicircle-shaped.

9. The monitoring camera as claimed in claim 1, wherein the multiple positioning holes are arranged on the positioning board in a line.

10. The monitoring camera as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fastener is a bolt and the positioning holes are threaded holes.