Controlled camera off-axis alignment for the dynamic bore-surface-structure inspections via rotational/orbital/rotational orbiting angular off-axis controlled vision camera systems and their corresponding optical positional/angular alignment datum's

An orbiting camera mount, comprising:

• an anti-rotation arm configured for connection, at a first end portion, to a spindle nose of a machine tool;
• a mounting post configured for connection to a spindle of the machine tool and including a drive shaft portion extending through a second end portion of the arm;
• a drive housing fixed to the drive shaft portion for rotation therewith;
• a camera mounting stem extending from the drive housing;
• and
• a synchronous drive coupling the drive shaft portion with the camera mounting stem, whereby rotation of the mounting post causes the camera mounting stem to orbit around and rotate counter to the mounting post.

An orbiting camera system, comprising:

• an orbiting mount, including:
• an anti-rotation arm configured for connection, at a first end portion, to a spindle nose of a machine tool;
• a mounting post configured for connection to a spindle of the machine tool and including a drive shaft portion extending through a second end portion of the arm;
• a drive housing fixed to the drive shaft portion for rotation therewith;
• a camera mounting stem extending from the drive housing;
• and
• a synchronous drive coupling the drive shaft portion with the camera mounting stem, whereby rotation of the mounting post causes the camera mounting stem to orbit around and rotate counter to the mounting post;
• and
• a camera system mounted to the camera mounting stem.