Systems and methods of remote pan tilt sealed spheroid cameras maintaining level image when wall or ceiling mounted
AssigneeSensomatic Electronics, LLC
InventorsSteven W. Schieltz, Patrick Siu
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Abstract
A camera system includes a camera, a drive system, and a processing circuit. The camera includes a lens and a sensor module that receives light and outputs images based on the received light. The drive system includes a track including a first member and a second member, the first member defining a first rail on an inner surface of the first member, the second member defining a second rail on an outer surface of the second member. The rails can be driven by gear or magnetic drive, and are connected in a cross pattern at a 45 degree latitude point, enabling pan and tilt movement to maintain a level image for multiple camera mounting orientations.
Claims18
A camera system, comprising:
- a camera including a lens and a sensor module that receives light via the lens and outputs one or more images based on the received light;
- a drive system comprising:
- a track including a first member and a second member, the first member defining a first rail on an inner surface of the first member, the second member defining a second rail on an outer surface of the second member;
- a first gear coupled to the first rail and the camera;
- a second gear coupled to the second rail and to a camera support;
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- at least one gear drive module that drives the first gear to a first position along the first rail responsive to a first control signal and the second gear to a second position along the second rail responsive to a second control signal;
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- a processing circuit that generates the first control signal and the second control signal based on at least one of a user input and a predetermined instruction.
A camera system, comprising:
- a camera including a lens and a sensor module that receives light via the lens and outputs one or more images based on the received light;
- a housing defining a first magnetic track and a second magnetic track, the first magnetic track extending along a first surface of the housing shaped to receive the camera, the second magnetic track extending along a second surface of the housing opposite the first surface, the first magnetic track including a plurality of first magnetic strips of alternating polarity, the second magnetic track including a plurality of second magnetic strips of alternating polarity;
- a plurality of first electromagnets disposed at least one of within and on a surface the camera;
- a camera support including a plurality of second electromagnets;
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- a processing circuit that causes the plurality of first electromagnets to output a first magnetic field to drive the first magnetic track to a first position and causes the plurality of second electromagnets to output a second magnetic field to drive the second magnetic track to a second position, the processing circuit energizes the plurality of first electromagnets and the plurality of second based on at least one of a user input and a predetermined instruction.
A method, comprising:
- identifying, by a processing circuit, an instruction to adjust an orientation of a camera about a pan axis and a tilt axis;
- generating, by the processing circuit, a first control signal to cause a drive system to drive the camera to a first pan angle based on the identified instruction by generating the first control signal to cause a plurality of first electromagnets to output a first magnetic field to cause a first magnetic track coupled to the camera to move to a first position corresponding to the first pan angle;
- generating, by the processing circuit, a second control signal to cause the drive system to drive the camera to a first tilt angle based on the identified instruction by generating the second control signal to cause a plurality of second electromagnets to output a second magnetic field to cause a second magnetic track to move to a second position corresponding to the first tilt angle;
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- transmitting, by the processing circuit, the first control signal to the drive system and the second control signal to the drive system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.