# US 12,007,675 B2 · Camera mount system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,007,675 B2 - Document ID: US12007675B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/717,330 - Filed: 2022-04-11 - Published: 2022-07-28 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2017-11-29 - Assignees: Tactacam LLC - Applicants: Tactacam LLC - Inventors: Jeff Peel; Benjamin Stern; Ben Thorud - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12007675B2 ## CPC - G03B 17/561: {Support related camera accessories} - F16M 11/00: Stands or trestles as supports for apparatus or articles placed thereon {; Stands for scientific apparatus such as gravitational force meters} (without heads F16M13/00; easels or stands for blackboards or the like A47B97/04; show-stands A47F7/00; for workmen E04G1/32; {sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22;} supporting or suspending for lighting devices F21V21/00) - F16M 11/06: allowing pivoting - F16M 11/18: with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand - F16M 13/00: Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles (heads thereof F16M11/02 {; undercarriages thereof F16M11/20} ; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F3/44 {; sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22}); Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles {(supports for measuring instruments G01D11/30; supports for casings of remote control switching devices H01H9/025)} - G01S 3/00: Direction-finders for determining the direction from which infrasonic, sonic, ultrasonic or electromagnetic waves, or particle emission, not having a directional significance, are being received (position-fixing by co-ordinating a plurality of determinations of direction or position lines G01S5/00) - G03B 17/563: {Camera grips, handles (means in general for steadying hand-held apparatus F16M13/00)} - G06T 7/246: using feature-based methods, e.g. the tracking of corners or segments - G06T 7/70: Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras (camera calibration G06T7/80) - H04N 23/60: Control of cameras or camera modules - H04N 23/695: Control of camera direction for changing a field of view, e.g. pan, tilt or based on tracking of objects - F16M 2200/041: for balancing rotational movement of the head - G03B 2205/0007: Movement of one or more optical elements for control of motion blur - G06T 2207/10048: Infrared image - G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D) - F16M: FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described which provide a camera mount system. A camera mount is in communication with a positioning device. The positioning device has a compass, gyroscope, and emits an infrared light beam. The camera mount has a sensor that receives reflected and/or scattered infrared light from a moving target. The camera mount changes its orientation based on information from its sensor, and gyroscope and compass information from the positioning device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system, comprising: a camera mount that includes a motor and a camera platform; and a positioning device configured to move, independent of movement of the camera mount, an aim point at which the positioning device is directed; and wherein the motor of the camera mount is configured to orient the camera platform of the camera mount to follow the aim point at which the positioning device is aimed; wherein the positioning device is coupled to the camera mount via a communication link; wherein the positioning device includes a gyroscope and is configured to send gyroscope information to the camera mount via the communication link; and wherein the camera mount comprises a processor configured to determine, based on the gyroscope information received from the positioning device, a position of a target at which the aim point of the positioning device is directed and cause the motor to orient the camera platform to face the determined position. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein: the positioning device is configured to emit light at the target to which the aim point is directed; and the camera mount comprises a sensor configured to detect the light reflected or scattered by the target; and the motor is configured to orient the camera platform at the target based on the detected light. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein: the positioning device is configured to emit infrared light at the target to which the aim point is directed; the camera mount comprises an infrared sensor configured to detect the infrared light reflected or scattered by the target; and the motor is configured to orient the camera platform at the target based on the detected infrared light. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the positioning device is configured to be mounted on a weapon. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the positioning device is configured to be operated as a handheld device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the positioning device is configured to be mounted on an object. ### Claim 7 A system, comprising: a camera mount that includes a motor and a camera platform; and a positioning device configured to move, independent of movement of the camera mount, an aim point at which the positioning device is directed; and wherein the motor of the camera mount is configured to orient the camera platform of the camera mount to follow the aim point at which the positioning device is aimed; wherein the positioning device is coupled to the camera mount via a communication link; wherein the positioning device includes a compass and is configured to send compass information to the camera mount via the communication link; and wherein the camera mount comprises a processor configured to determine, based on the compass information received from the positioning device, a position of a target at which the aim point of the positioning device is directed and cause the motor to orient the camera platform to face the determined position. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system according to claim 7, wherein the positioning device is configured to emit a light that is reflected or scattered by the target at which the aim point of the positioning device is directed. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system according to claim 8, wherein the light includes an infrared light. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The system according to claim 8, wherein the positioning device is configured to receive the light that is reflected or scattered by the target and determine a position of the target. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The system according to claim 10, wherein: the positioning device is configured to send the position of the target to the camera mount via the communication link. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system according to claim 11, wherein the motor of the camera mount is configured to use the position of the target received from the positioning device to orient the camera platform at the target. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The system according to claim 8, wherein the positioning device is configured to receive the light that is reflected or scattered by the target and determine one or both of a movement direction and a speed of the target. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system according to claim 13, wherein the positioning device is configured to send one or both of the movement direction and the speed of the target to the camera mount. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The system according to claim 13, wherein the camera mount is configured to use one or both of the movement direction and the speed of the target received from the positioning device to orient the camera platform to face the target. ### Claim 16 (depends on 8) The system according to claim 8, wherein: the camera mount comprises a sensor configured to receive the light that is reflected or scattered by the target; and the camera mount comprises a processor configured to determine a position of the target based on the received light and cause the motor of the camera mount to orient the camera platform to face the determined position of the target. ### Claim 17 (depends on 8) The system according to claim 8, wherein: the camera mount comprises a sensor configured to receive the light that is reflected or scattered by the target; and the camera mount comprises a processor configure to determine one or both of a movement direction and a speed of the target based on the received light and cause the motor of the camera mount to orient the camera platform based on one or both of the determined movement direction and the determined speed of the target. ### Claim 18 A system, comprising: a camera mount that includes a motor and a camera platform; and a positioning device configured to move, independent of movement of the camera mount, an aim point at which the positioning device is directed; and wherein the motor of the camera mount is configured to orient the camera platform of the camera mount to follow the aim point at which the positioning device is aimed; wherein the positioning device is coupled to the camera mount via a communication link; wherein the positioning device includes a gyroscope and a compass and is configured to send gyroscope information and compass information to the camera mount via the communication link; and wherein the camera mount comprises a processor configured to determine, based on the gyroscope information and the compass information received from the positioning device, a position of a target at which the aim point of the positioning device is directed and cause the motor to orient the camera platform to face the determined position. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The system according to claim 18, wherein the positioning device is configured to emit a light that is reflected or scattered by the target at which the aim point of the positioning device is directed. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The system according to claim 19, wherein: the camera mount comprises a sensor configured to receive the light that is reflected or scattered by the target; and the camera mount comprises a processor configured to determine a position of the target based on the received light and cause the motor of the camera mount to orient the camera platform to face the determined position of the target.