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US 12,613,457 B2Granted
Camera array systems and devices, including floating plate configurations and split plate configurations
OwnerMichael Shawn Lawler, Ian Sharplesinventors
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Abstract
A camera array system featuring a plurality of camera clusters attached to a plurality of multi-prong stabilized mounting plates arranged in a split-rig configuration, with the mounting plates configured for mounting the camera clusters onto a moving vehicle.
Claims20
A camera array stabilizer system for a plurality of cameras comprising a mounting plate and stabilizer units:
- a. with the mounting plate being configured for mounting the plurality of cameras to a vehicle;
- i. with the mounting plates having plate channels;
- b. with each stabilizer unit configured to mount to the mounting plate at a given plate channel;
- c. with each stabilizer unit comprising an upper stabilizer, a lower stabilizer, and a fastener;
- i. with each upper stabilizer having an upper top, an upper intermediary, and an upper bottom;
- ii. with each lower stabilizer having a lower top, a lower intermediary, and a lower bottom;
- iii. with the upper and lower tops, the upper and lower intermediaries, and the upper and lower bottoms each having a central inner channel;
- iv. with the fastener having a shaft;
- v. with the shaft passing through, inner channels of the upper top, the upper intermediary, the upper bottom, a given plate channel of the mounting plates, and the inner channels of the lower top, the lower intermediary, and the lower bottom;
- vi. with the fastener applying a compression force upon the upper stabilizer, the mounting plate, and the lower stabilizer;
- vii. with the intermediaries being more compressible than the upper tops, upper bottoms, lower tops, and lower bottoms;
- viii. with the fastener being a bolt, clamp, or clevis pin, and the shaft being a screw, shank, or cotter pin.
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A camera array stabilizer system for a plurality of cameras comprising a mounting plate and at least two stabilizer units;
- a. with the mounting plate being configured for mounting the plurality of cameras to a vehicle;
- i. with the mounting plates having plate channels;
- ii. with the plate channels being holes disposed on the mounting plates;
- b. with each of the at least two stabilizer units configured to engage to the mounting plate at a given plate channel;
- c. with each of the at least two stabilizer units comprising an upper stabilizer, a lower stabilizer, and a fastener;
- i. with each upper and lower stabilizer having an intermediary;
- ii. with each upper and lower stabilizer having an inner channel;
- iii. with the fastener having a shaft;
- iv. with the shaft passing through a given plate channel of the mounting plates, and the inner channels of the upper and lower stabilizers;
- v. with the fastener applying a compression force upon the upper or lower stabilizer
- vi. with the intermediary being at least one of a tension spring, a viscoelastic material, or a fluid-filled pouch;
- vii. with a majority of the at least two stabilizer units not sharing a vertical axis with any of the cameras in the plurality of cameras, with the vertical axis approximately being in line with a gravitational force;
- viii. with the fastener being a bolt, clamp, or clevis pin, and the shaft being a screw, shank, or cotter pin.
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A camera array stabilizer system for a plurality of cameras comprising a plurality of stabilizer intermediaries:
- a. with each stabilizer intermediary configured to engage to a mounting plate for mounting the plurality of cameras to a vehicle;
- b. with each stabilizer intermediary comprising an intermediary and a fastener;
- i. with the fastener fixing positionally the intermediary to the mounting plate;
- ii. with the fastener applying a compression force upon the mounting plate and the intermediary;
- iii. with the fastener being a bolt, clamp, or clevis pin;
- iv. with the fastener having a shaft, and the shaft being a screw, shank, or cotter pin;
- v. with the intermediary being made of a more compressible material than the mounting plate;
- vi. with each stabilizer intermediary not sharing a vertical axis with any of the cameras in the plurality of cameras, with the vertical axis approximately being in line with a gravitational force.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.