Covert security camera within a lighting fixture

• US 8,622,561 B2
• Filed: 10/22/2011
• Issued: 01/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Michael Patrick Carmody
• Original Assignee: Michael Patrick Carmody
• Inventors: Carmody, Michael Patrick
• Primary Examiner(s): Husar, Stephen F
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dunwiddie, Meghan
• Application Number:
  US13/279,265
• Publication Number:
  US 20120113646A1
• Time in Patent Office: 808 Days
• Field of Search: 362/3, 362/5, 362/8, 362/85, 362/253, 362/362, 396/89, 396/106, 396/427, 396/433
• US Class Current: 362/8
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/0076 Safety or security signalisation, e.g. smoke or burglar alarms, earthquake detectors; Self-defence devices
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19632 Camera support structures, e.g. attachment means, poles
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 15/001 Concealed systems, e.g. disguised alarm systems to make covert systems

Abstract

A luminaire (100) includes a lamp housing (2) having an outer surface (42), and a cover (14) extends a height (1) above the outer surface (42). A camera (12) is concealed within the cover (14).

Claims

1. A luminaire, comprising:

a lamp housing containing a lamp for illuminating a region;

a cover connected to and above the lamp housing, wherein the cover is selected from a group of covers comprising a tint disposed on the cover and a perforated film disposed on the cover; and

a camera concealed within the cover, wherein the camera tilts, zooms, pans and rotates on an azimuth in unison with the cover or independently rotates on an azimuth with respect to the cover.

2. The luminaire of claim 1, further comprising an opening on the cover.

3. The luminaire of claim 2, wherein the camera is aligned with the opening of the cover.

4. The luminaire of claim 1, wherein the cover is directly connected to the lamp housing.

5. The luminaire of claim 1, wherein the cover is indirectly connected to the lamp housing.

6. A luminaire, comprising:

an upper portion;

a lower portion connected to the upper portion and containing a lamp for illuminating a region, wherein the upper portions, is made of a material selected from a group of materials including tinted, translucent and opaque, and wherein the lower portion is substantially larger than the upper portion; and

a camera concealed within the upper portion and controlled by a controller for tracking a target and rotates on an azimuth a complete 360 degrees.