Bulb with sensing function and camera

• US 9,228,731 B2
• Filed: 08/30/2011
• Issued: 01/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kaipo Chen
• Original Assignee: Kaipo Chen
• Inventors: Chen, Kaipo
• Primary Examiner(s): Czekaj, Dave
• Assistant Examiner(s): Werner, David N
• Application Number:
  US13/220,720
• Publication Number:
  US 20130050495A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,589 Days
• Field of Search: 348/151
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/0464 the sensor sensing the level of ambient illumination, e.g. dawn or dusk sensors
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/0471 the sensor detecting the proximity, the presence or the movement of an object or a person
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/0478 by means of an image recording device, e.g. a camera
• 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 13/19617 Surveillance camera constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19619 Details of casing
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19634 Electrical details of the system, e.g. component blocks for carrying out specific functions
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19695 Arrangements wherein non-video detectors start video recording or forwarding but do not generate an alarm themselves
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source

Abstract

A bulb comprises a lower case, a circuit board, an upper case, a sleeve, a sensor cap, and a camera. The lower case is provided with an electrical contact portion at a bottom thereof. The circuit board is mounted within the lower case and provided with a plurality of light emitting elements and an infrared sensor. The upper case is mounted on an upper edge of the lower case and defines an opening at a center thereof. The sleeve is mounted to the lower case and fitted with the opening of the upper case. The sensor cap is mounted on top of the sleeve. The camera is located adjacent to the infrared sensor. Thereby, when an infrared source enters the sensing scope of the infrared sensor, the camera can be triggered to take images and the light emitting elements can be turned on to perform illumination.

Claims

1. A bulb with sensing function, comprising:

a lower case having a first end provided with an electrical contact for input of electricity, and a second end provided with a circuit board on which one or more light emitting element and an infrared sensor for sensing infrared source are mounted, a camera electrically connected with said circuit board within said lower case and adjacent to one side of said infrared sensor; and

an upper case engaged with said lower case, said upper case being provided with a first hole for receiving a sleeve on which is mounted a sensor cap for covering said infrared sensor while allowing infrared radiation to penetrate, and a second hole formed adjacent to a circumference of the first hole;

wherein said lower case comprises a circumferential wall formed therein and corresponding to and supporting said sleeve thereon to define collectively a continuous central interior space therein for receiving said infrared sensor, a slot being defined in the circumferential wall and separated from and adjacent to said infrared sensor so as to define a peripheral position with respect to said infrared sensor received in said continuous interior space of said circumferential wall and said sleeve, said second hole of the upper case corresponding to said slot of said lower case;

wherein said camera is inserted into said slot of said lower case and fitted with said second hole of said upper case so as to be set at said peripheral position with respect to said infrared sensor;

wherein said light emitting elements and said camera are normally de-activated and when an infrared source enters into a sensing scope of said infrared sensor, said camera is activated to take images and said light emitting elements are activated in connection with the camera to perform illumination for photographing.

2. The bulb with sensing function as claimed in claim 1, wherein said infrared sensor, said camera, and said light emitting elements are each mounted on an individual circuit board.

3. The bulb with sensing function as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the camera is separated from the infrared sensor by the slot when the camera is inserted into the slot of the lower case.

4. The bulb with sensing function as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the upper case includes an opening that includes the first hole for receiving the sleeve and the second hole formed in the circumference of the first hole to be in communication with the first hole.

5. The bulb with sensing function as claimed in claim 1, wherein

a diameter of the second hole on the upper case is smaller than an outer diameter of the first hole.

6. The bulb with sensing function as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the infrared sensor is located at the center of the lower case.