Movable camera apparatus with a pan head
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroshi Akada
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Abstract
A movable camera apparatus including a camera unit and a pan head which has a movable portion and a fixed portion includes first and second support portions erected from the movable portion for supporting the camera unit from the opposite sides thereof for tilt rotation, a first circuit board disposed in the camera unit, a second circuit board disposed on the fixed portion, and a connecting member for connecting the first and second circuit boards together. The center of gravity of the camera unit is disposed near the center line of the tilt rotation, and tilt rotation driving means is provided on the first support portion, and the connecting member is disposed on the second support portion.
Claims19
A movable camera apparatus comprising a camera unit and a pan head comprising a movable portion and a fixed portion, said movable camera apparatus including:
- first and second support portions erected from said movable portion for supporting said camera unit from the opposite sides thereof for tilt rotation;
- a first circuit board disposed in said camera unit;
- a second circuit board disposed on said fixed portion;
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- a connecting member for connecting said first and second circuit boards together;
- wherein the center of gravity of said camera unit is disposed near the center line of said tilt rotation, and tilt rotation driving means is provided on said first support portion, and said connecting member is disposed on said second support portion.
A movable camera apparatus comprising a camera unit and a pan head comprising a movable portion and a fixed portion, said movable camera apparatus including:
- first and second support portions erected from said movable portion for supporting said camera unit from the opposite sides thereof for tilt rotation;
- a first circuit board disposed in said camera unit;
- a second circuit board disposed on said fixed portion;
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- a connecting member for connecting said first and second circuit boards together;
- wherein said camera unit and said movable portion are shaped so that even if said camera unit is rotated to a nearly vertical position about a tilt rotary shaft, the surface of said camera unit may not interfere with the surface of said movable portion, and tilt rotation driving means is provided on said first support portion, and said connecting member is disposed on said second support portion.
A movable camera apparatus comprising a camera unit and a pan head comprising a movable portion and a fixed portion, said movable camera apparatus including:
- first and second support portions erected from said movable portion for supporting said camera unit from the opposite sides thereof for tilt rotation;
- a first circuit board disposed in said camera unit;
- a second circuit board disposed on said fixed portion;
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- a connecting member for connecting said first and second circuit boards together;
- wherein tilt rotation driving means is provided in said first support portion, said connecting member is disposed in said second support portion, and said connecting member is disposed in a voluted shape substantially about the rotary shaft of the tilt rotation.
A movable camera apparatus comprising a camera unit and a pan head comprising a movable portion and a fixed portion, and capable of being pan-driven, wherein said movable portion and said fixed portion have engagement means engaged with each other for pan rotation, and the engaged portions of said engagement means are formed of a resin material high in lubricity.
A movable camera apparatus comprising a camera unit and a pan head comprising a movable portion and a fixed portion, wherein mounting means for fixing said apparatus to a mounting surface is provided on the mounting surface side of said apparatus, and a cover for covering said mounting means is removably disposed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.