Systems and methods for automatically switching a surveillance camera into an auto corridor mode

A non-domed surveillance camera comprising:

• a box housing;
• a CMOS sensor carried within the box housing and having an aspect ratio that is other than 1:1;
• a rotatable mechanical mechanism carried within the box housing for rotating the CMOS sensor about a single rotation axis between a normal mode and a corridor mode;
• an accelerometer sensor carried within the box housing;
• and
• firmware carried by the box housing,
• wherein the firmware identifies a first direction of the CMOS sensor,
• wherein the firmware receives a first signal from the accelerometer sensor identifying a second direction of gravity, and
• wherein the firmware has an auto corridor mode, and when the firmware is placed in the auto corridor mode, the firmware is configured to:
• compare the first direction and the second direction to determine an angle between the first direction and the second direction and when the angle is less than a predetermined angle, the firmware determines that the non-domed surveillance camera is operating in the normal mode and transmits a signal instructing the rotatable mechanical mechanism to automatically rotate the CMOS sensor relative to the box housing about the single rotation axis to switch the non-domed surveillance camera from operating in the normal mode to operating in the corridor mode, and when the angle is greater than the predetermined angle, the firmware determines that the non-domed surveillance camera is already operating in the corridor mode and does not transmit the signal instructing the rotatable mechanical mechanism to rotate the CMOS about the single rotation axis thereby keeping the non-domed surveillance camera in the corridor mode.