System for camera stabilization

A rig for supporting a camera comprising:

• two shoulder supports, each shoulder support being configured to fit over a shoulder of a user and each shoulder support being operably connected to the other shoulder support;
• two elongate rods extending generally forwards, each rod having a front end and a back end;
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• a support structure having opposite ends and being configured to support a camera, wherein each opposite end is operably connected to each rod respectively at a connection point on each rod;
• wherein, each rod is located to pivotingly rotate about one of two pivots located, respectively, between the front end and the back end of each rod, each pivot being supported by a respective shoulder support;
• wherein, each pivot is configured to provide each respective rod with movement under at least one degree of freedom selected from a group of three degrees of freedom, namely:
• vertical rotation about the pivot,
• horizontal rotation about the pivot, and
• sliding motion backwards and, alternatingly, forwards through the pivot by which the rod is capable of moving the connection point closer to the pivot and, alternatingly, further from the pivot respectively;
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• wherein the at least one degree of freedom provided to one rod corresponds with the degree of freedom that is provided to the other rod;
• further wherein, movement of one rod under the at least one degree of freedom is substantially independent of the movement of the other rod under a corresponding degree of freedom.

A rig for supporting a camera comprising:

• two shoulder supports, each shoulder support being configured to fit over a shoulder of a user and each shoulder support being operably connected to the other shoulder support;
• two extender elements, each extender element connected to a shoulder support respectively and extending downwardly;
• a belt for stabilizing the shoulder supports, the belt including a rigid skeleton, the belt being separated from the shoulder supports by a vertical distance;
• two elongate rods extending generally forwards, each rod having a front end and a back end and being configured to support a camera at the front end, wherein, each rod is located to pivotingly rotate about one of two pivots located between the front end and the back end of each rod respectively, each pivot being supported by a respective shoulder support;
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• a number of springs being at least one spring having an upper end and a lower end, the upper end being operably connected to at least one rod, the lower end being connected to an anchor that is operably connected to the rigid skeleton;
• wherein, each extender element slidingly passes through the rigid skeleton, and further wherein each extender element includes a registration pin for locking a position of the extender element in relation to the skeleton, whereby, the vertical distance may be adjusted to a desired amount.

A rig for supporting a camera comprising:

• two shoulder supports, each shoulder support being configured to fit over a shoulder of a user and each shoulder support being operably connected to the other shoulder support;
• two elongate rods extending generally forwards, each rod having a front end and a back end, wherein, wherein, each rod is located to pivotingly rotate about one of two pivots located between the front end and the back end of each rod respectively, each pivot being supported by a respective shoulder support;
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• a horizontal support structure configured to support a camera, the support structure having two opposite ends and being suspended from two hangers, each hanger having an upper end and a lower end, the upper end of each hanger being operably connected by a first pin joint to the front end of each rod respectively, the lower end of each hanger being connected to one of the two ends of the support structure respectively;
• wherein, the support structure is configured to rotate about an axis passing through the first pin joints;
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• two downwardly extending elongate handles that are connected to the support structure whereby movement of the handles by a user is capable of rotating the support structure about the axis.