Surveillance camera system
First Claim
1. A surveillance camera system comprising a housing that includes an at least partially transparent, generally hemispherically shaped dome having a geometric center;
- a camera mount mounted within said housing for panning movements about a pan axis that extends through or closely adjacent to said dome center and for tilting movements about a tilt axis that transverses said pan axis through or closely adjacent to said dome center;
electric motor means mounted within said housing for panning and tilting said camera mount;
a camera mounted upon said camera mount with its center of gravity located adjacent said pan and tilt axes;
rotary electric coupling means mounted to said housing; and
electric connector means for connecting said camera and said motor means with an ancillary video display and camera orientation control means through said rotary coupling means, said rotary electric coupling means being adapted to transmit electrical signals during continuous unidirectional panning movement of said camera mount.
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Abstract
A surveillance camera system comprises a spherical housing that has a lower, hemispherically shaped, gold coated dome 12 with a geometric center. A camera mount is mounted in the housing for panning movements about a pan axis that extends through the dome center and for tilting movements about a tilt axis that transverses the pan axis through the dome center. Electric motors 24/27 are mounted in the housing for panning and tilting the camera mount. A video CCD type camera 30 is mounted upon the camera mount with its center of gravity located adjacent the pan and tilt axes. A rotary electric coupler 39 is mounted to the housing and electric connectors provided for connecting the camera and the motors with an ancillary video display and camera orientation controller through the rotary coupler.
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17 Claims
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1. A surveillance camera system comprising a housing that includes an at least partially transparent, generally hemispherically shaped dome having a geometric center;
- a camera mount mounted within said housing for panning movements about a pan axis that extends through or closely adjacent to said dome center and for tilting movements about a tilt axis that transverses said pan axis through or closely adjacent to said dome center;
electric motor means mounted within said housing for panning and tilting said camera mount;
a camera mounted upon said camera mount with its center of gravity located adjacent said pan and tilt axes;
rotary electric coupling means mounted to said housing; and
electric connector means for connecting said camera and said motor means with an ancillary video display and camera orientation control means through said rotary coupling means, said rotary electric coupling means being adapted to transmit electrical signals during continuous unidirectional panning movement of said camera mount. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- a camera mount mounted within said housing for panning movements about a pan axis that extends through or closely adjacent to said dome center and for tilting movements about a tilt axis that transverses said pan axis through or closely adjacent to said dome center;
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11. A surveillance camera system comprising a generally spherical housing at least a portion of which is at least partially transparent;
- means for mounting a video camera centrally within said spherical housing for continuous unidirectional panning movements about a panning axis that extends approximately through the center of said spherical housing and for tilting movements about a tilt axis that transverses said pan axes;
rotary electric coupling means mounted to said housing;
a video camera mounted to said camera mounting means;
pan drive means including a pan electric motor for panning said camera mounting means, tilt drive means including a tilt electric motor for tilting said camera mounting means; and
means for electrically connecting said video camera, said pan electric motor and said tilt electric motor through said rotary electric coupling means to ancillary electrical apparatuses. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
- means for mounting a video camera centrally within said spherical housing for continuous unidirectional panning movements about a panning axis that extends approximately through the center of said spherical housing and for tilting movements about a tilt axis that transverses said pan axes;
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