Surveillance system controller

• US 20050275719A1
• Filed: 05/25/2004
• Published: 12/15/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pelco (Schneider Electric SE)
• Original Assignee: Pelco (Schneider Electric SE)
• Inventors: Boswell, Richard Todd, Grziwok, Brian Rudolf, Millar, Greg Max, Kambo, Yuriy Nikolayevich
• Granted Patent: US 7,375,743 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/143
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0219 Special purpose keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/033 Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user , e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor digitisers characterised by the transducing means G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast

Abstract

A surveillance system controller comprising a housing, a first control module and a second control module. The first control module is located in a first location in the housing, and it is rotatable around a first axis so that the first control module can be rotated to a first angular position. The second control module is located in a second location in the housing, and it is rotatable around a second axis so that the second control module can be rotated to a second angular position independent of the first angular position.

Claims

1. A surveillance system controller comprising:

a housing;

a first control module located in a first location in said housing and being rotatable around a first axis so that said first control module can be rotated to a first angular position; and

a second control module located in a second location in said housing and being rotatable around a second axis so that said second control module can be rotated to a second angular position independent of said first angular position.

2. A surveillance system controller as recited in claim 1, wherein said first and second modules are interchangeable in said housing so that said first control module can be located in said second location in said housing and said second control module can be located in said first location in said housing.

3. A surveillance system controller as recited in claim 2, wherein said housing has a plurality of electrical connectors and said first and second control modules each have an electrical connector respectively connected to one of said plurality of electrical connectors in said housing.

4. A surveillance system controller as recited in claim 3, wherein said housing has a first side that has a convex shape, said first side being intended to be closest to a user of said controller.

5. A surveillance system controller as recited in claim 4, further comprising a third control module located in said housing in between said first and second control modules.

6. A surveillance system controller as recited in claim 5, wherein said third control module is interchangeable with either of said first and second control modules.

7. A surveillance system controller as recited in claim 4, further comprising a first mechanical fastener for said first control module and a second mechanical fastener for said second control module to fasten said first and second control modules in their respective positions while allowing said first and second control modules to be rotated.

8. A surveillance system controller as recited in claim 6, wherein said first, second, and third control modules may comprise one of the following:

a control module having a joystick and control buttons, a control module having controls for controlling video storage devices, or a control module having a keypad.

9. A surveillance system controller as recited in claim 5, wherein said third control module is located in said controller so that an arc drawn from the periphery of said first, second and third modules is similar in shape to said convex shape of said first side of said housing.

10. A surveillance system controller as recited in claim 9, wherein said housing has a second side opposite first side and that is higher than said first side so that the top surface of said housing slopes from said second side to said first side.

11. A surveillance system controller comprising:

a housing having a plurality of apertures and a plurality of electrical connectors;

a first control module positioned in a first aperture of said plurality of apertures and having a first electrical connector connected to a first electrical connector of said plurality of electrical connectors; and

a second control module positioned in a second aperture of said plurality of apertures and having a second electrical connector connected to a second electrical connector of said plurality of electrical connectors, wherein said first and second control modules can be interchanged between said first and second apertures.