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US 10,255,776 B2Granted
Dome camera mechanism
AssigneeAvigilon Corporation
InventorsAndrew Joseph Stark, Christopher James Cullington Okrainetz
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Abstract
A dome camera mechanism for an improved gimbal pan assembly which allows rotation of an optical module of the dome camera over 360 degrees in a pan direction using a track and a guide.
Claims12
Apparatus comprising:
- a yoke configured to mount an optical module of a camera, the yoke including a disk having a circular perimeter, and the disk defining a track that traces a path extending over 360 degrees alongside the circular perimeter;
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- a gimbal base configured to mount the yoke, and the gimbal base including a guide, and
- when the yoke is mounted on the gimbal base, the guide and the track cooperatively limit an amount of rotation of the yoke, relative to the gimbal base, in a pan direction, wherein the track limits the rotation of the yoke relative to the base to an amount more than 360 degrees but less than 380 degrees.
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Apparatus comprising:
- a yoke configured to mount an optical module of a camera, the yoke including a disk having a circular perimeter, and the disk defining a track that traces a path extending over 360 degrees alongside the circular perimeter;
- and
- a gimbal base configured to mount the yoke, and the gimbal base including a guide, and
- when the yoke is mounted on the gimbal base, the guide and the track cooperatively limit an amount of rotation of the yoke, relative to the gimbal base, in a pan direction, and
- wherein the guide further comprises a cantilever and a pin, with the pin at one end of the cantilever.
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Apparatus comprising:
- a gimbal base including a yoke-mounting region defined interiorly within a circular perimeter on a surface of the gimbal base;
- a track being defined within the yoke-mounting region of the gimbal base, the track tracing a path extending over 360 degrees alongside the circular perimeter;
- and
- a yoke configured to mount an optical module of a camera, the yoke including a disk that includes a guide;
- and
- when the yoke is mounted on the gimbal base, the guide and the track cooperatively limit an amount of rotation of the yoke, relative to the gimbal base, in a pan direction, wherein the track limits the rotation of the yoke relative to the base to an amount more than 360 degrees but less than 380 degrees.
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Apparatus comprising:
- a gimbal base including a yoke-mounting region defined interiorly within a circular perimeter on a surface of the gimbal base;
- a track being defined within the yoke-mounting region of the gimbal base, the track tracing a path extending over 360 degrees alongside the circular perimeter;
- and
- a yoke configured to mount an optical module of a camera, the yoke including a disk that includes a guide;
- and
- when the yoke is mounted on the gimbal base, the guide and the track cooperatively limit an amount of rotation of the yoke, relative to the gimbal base, in a pan direction, and
- wherein the guide further comprises a cantilever and a pin, with the pin at one end of the cantilever.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.