Surveillance camera

Abstract

A surveillance camera having a stationary portion and a rotating portion and comprising a camera located on the rotating portion of the surveillance camera for generating signals indicative of a scene in a field of view of the camera, a first circuit located on the rotating portion of the surveillance camera and electrically connected to the camera for compressing the signals generated by the camera and for converting the signals generated by the camera to Ethernet protocol signals, a slip ring having a stationary portion with a plurality of electrical connections and a rotating portion with a plurality of electrical connections corresponding with the plurality of electrical connections on the stationary portion, the first circuit being electrically connected to a first subset of the plurality of electrical connections of the rotating portion of the slip ring, an RF reference plane located on the stationary portion of the surveillance camera and electrically connected to a first subset of the plurality of electrical connections of the stationary portion of the slip ring at RF frequencies; and a second subset of the plurality of electrical connections of the stationary portion of the slip ring being selected for conducting Ethernet protocol signals, wherein each of the second subset of the plurality of electrical connections of the stationary portion of the slip ring has a first side and a second side and a first one of the first subset of the plurality of electrical connections of the stationary portion of the slip ring is located adjacent to the first side and a second one of the first subset of the plurality of electrical connections of the stationary portion of the slip ring is located adjacent to the second side.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.