Camera system for defining an inspection space
OwnerRaymond C. Johnsoninventor
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Abstract
A camera system for defining an inspection space including one or more cameras placed in proximity to a sink or wash station. The camera system is configured such that points within the defined inspection space are visible and may be recorded, but objects outside the defined inspection space are blurred or invisible. This is accomplished by selecting depth of field or by attaching a computing device that is programmed to not record or save information from parts of the image.
Claims17
A camera system for viewing/recording a permissible inspection space proximate a sink or wash station, said system having a shallow depth of field in the inspection space beyond which objects will not be in focus or said system mathematically defining two- or three dimensional coordinates of the inspection space and only displaying information from the inspection space, said camera system having first and second cameras connected to a computing device wherein images from the first camera positioned horizontally transverse a sink or wash station trigger use of images from the second camera positioned horizontally and pointed outward from a two-way mirror over the sink or wash station, said second camera having a shallow depth of field in the inspection space, said images from the second camera discarded until images from the first camera are identified as a particular feature of interest and are displayed in a lighted video monitor positioned behind the two-way mirror.
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