Levelling apparatus
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1. A portable leveling camera mount comprising:
- a platform for mounting a camera, wherein the platform is defined by at least one axis for alignment of the camera thereto;
a sensor for detecting an orientation of the platform; and
an actuator coupled to the platform, wherein the actuator moves the platform in response to the orientation detected via the sensor for leveling at least one axis to a reference plane;
wherein the platform has a surface defining a first axis and a second axis, the mount has a first leveling mode, in which the actuator moves the platform such that solely the first axis of the platform is leveled to the reference plane and the second axis of the platform is tilted with respect to said reference plane.
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Abstract
A levelling apparatus, and in one embodiment a portable levelling camera mount (10) having a platform (14) for mounting a camera, a sensor (16) for detecting an orientation of the platform; and an actuator (12) coupled to the platform, which moves the platform in response to the orientation detected via the sensor. Typically, the mount may have a selector to operate the mount to level solely a first axis of the platform to a reference plane while the second axis of the platform is tilted with respect to the reference plane, or to operate the mount to level the platform such that both the first and the second axes of the platform are leveled to the reference plane.
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1. A portable leveling camera mount comprising:
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a platform for mounting a camera, wherein the platform is defined by at least one axis for alignment of the camera thereto; a sensor for detecting an orientation of the platform; and an actuator coupled to the platform, wherein the actuator moves the platform in response to the orientation detected via the sensor for leveling at least one axis to a reference plane; wherein the platform has a surface defining a first axis and a second axis, the mount has a first leveling mode, in which the actuator moves the platform such that solely the first axis of the platform is leveled to the reference plane and the second axis of the platform is tilted with respect to said reference plane. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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