Underwater camera system
AssigneeUAM Tec Pty Ltd
InventorsAlex Cutri, Sugan Shrestha, Matthew Harrison, Thanh Le
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Abstract
An underwater camera system comprising a remote station such as a boat a diver connection module located at the back of diver's helmet including a splitter box. High voltage transmission power and a fiber optics tether come into the box from the boat on the surface through the fiber optics which can be integral with, attached to or coextending with the umbilical cord. The voltage is dropped, the fiber optic signal is converted to USB, and the two are fed out to the camera module which is adjustably mounted on the side of the diver's helmet, to allow change of focus in the same line of sight as the diver's vision and allowing full handsfree use.
Claims29
An underwater camera system comprising:
- (a) a camera system mountable on a diver and having:
- (i) a camera;
- and
- (ii) a light;
- (b) a power system for powering the camera and the light;
- (c) a visual image capture system for capturing images by way of the camera and light;
- (d) an optical fiber and power line connecting the underwater wearable camera system on the diver to a remote station providing for power and communication and visual image transfer therebetween;
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- (e) wherein the power system is a DC system which includes a storage on a tethered remote station at 12 volts and a step-up transformation to a higher voltage for transmission and loss over the power line to the diver and a transformation at the diver to a safe usable 12-volt system.
An underwater wearable camera system comprising:
- (a) a camera system mountable on a diver's protective helmet and having:
- (i) a camera;
- and
- (ii) a light;
- (b) a power system for powering the camera and the light;
- (c) a visual image capture system for capturing images by way of the camera and light;
- (d) an optical fiber and power line connecting the underwater wearable camera system on the diver to a remote station providing for power and communication and visual image transfer therebetween;
- (e) wherein an umbilical cord tethers the diver to the remote station;
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- (f) wherein the power system is a DC system which includes a storage on a tethered remote station at 12 volts and a step-up transformation to a higher voltage for transmission and loss over the power line to the diver and a transformation at the diver to a safe usable 12-volt system.
A method of enabling an underwater wearable camera system for use in an extended distance from a tethered diver to a remote station including the steps of:
- (a) providing an underwater handsfree camera system mountable on the diver;
- (b) providing a transmission system using fiber optic cabling;
- (c) providing a powering system using an increased power voltage for transmission and a low DC in use power by the underwater handsfree camera system on the diver;
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- (d) wherein the power system is a DC system which includes a storage on a tethered remote station at 12 volts and a step-up transformation to a higher voltage for transmission and loss over the power line to the diver and a transformation at the diver to a safe usable 12-volt system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.