# US 2018/0324333 A1 · Artillery shell-shaped information gathering device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0324333 A1 - Document ID: US20180324333A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/773,305 - Filed: 2016-06-27 - Published: 2018-11-08 - Earliest claimed: 2015-11-23 - Assignees: Hanwha Land Systems Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Hanwha Land Systems Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Dong Hwan CHOI; Seong Jun CHEON; Yong Joon CHANG - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180324333A1 ## CPC - H04N 23/51: Housings - F41H 13/00: Means of attack or defence not otherwise provided for {(details of radar or sonar systems G01S7/00)} - F42B 12/36: for dispensing materials; for producing chemical or physical reaction; for signalling {; for transmitting information} - F42B 12/365: {Projectiles transmitting information to a remote location using optical or electronic means (F42B12/385 takes precedence)} - F42B 12/46: for dispensing gases, vapours, powders or chemically-reactive substances (F42B12/70 takes precedence) - F42B 15/08: for carrying measuring instruments; {Arrangements for mounting sensitive cargo within a projectile}(adaptations for meteorology G01W1/08); {Arrangements for acoustic sensitive cargo within a projectile} - H04N 23/57: Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - F41H: ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL - F42B: EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION (explosive compositions C06B; fuzes F42C; blasting F42D) ## Abstract Provided is a shell-type monitoring apparatus. The shell-type monitoring apparatus includes a body, a gas storage provided in the body and configured to store a gas, a variable volume portion provided on the gas storage in the body and having a volume that varies depending on an amount of gas supplied from the gas storage, a photographing unit provided on the body and configured to move in the body, and a moving flow path provided in the body and configured to supply the gas in the variable volume portion to the photographing unit and thereby move the photographing unit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A shell-type monitoring apparatus comprising: a body; a gas storage provided in the body and configured to store a gas; a variable volume portion provided on the gas storage in the body, the variable volume portion having a volume that varies depending on an amount of the gas supplied from the gas storage; a photographing unit provided in the body and configured to move in the body; and a moving flow path provided in the body and configured to supply the gas in the variable volume portion to the photographing unit to move the photographing unit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The shell-type monitoring apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a guide provided in the body and configured to guide movement of the photographing unit. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The shell-type monitoring apparatus of claim 1, wherein the photographing unit comprises: a mover provided on the moving flow path and configured to move on the moving flow path according to supply of the gas; and a camera provided on the mover and configured to photograph an outside. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The shell-type monitoring apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a communicator electrically connected to the photographing unit and configured to transmit data that is photographed by the photographing unit and converted, to an outer portion or to receive an external signal. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The shell-type monitoring apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a first control unit configured to selectively block or allow supply of the gas from the gas storage to the variable volume portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The shell-type monitoring apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a second control unit provided on the moving flow path and configured to selectively open or close the moving flow path. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The shell-type monitoring apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a power unit electrically connected to the photographing unit. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The shell-type monitoring apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a discharge path connected to the moving flow path and configured to guide the gas in the moving flow path to an outside. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The shell-type monitoring apparatus of claim 8, further comprising a third control unit provided on the discharge path and configured to selectively open or close the discharge path. ### Claim 10 A shell-type monitoring apparatus comprising: a body; a photographing unit provided on the body and configured to move along an outer surface of the body; and a driver provided on at least one of the body and the photographing unit and configured to move the photographing unit. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The shell-type monitoring apparatus of claim 10, further comprising: a gas storage provided in the body and configured to store a gas; and a variable volume portion provided on the gas storage in the body, the variable volume portion having a volume that varies depending on an amount of the gas supplied from the gas storage. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The shell-type monitoring apparatus of claim 11, further comprising a gas transfer unit provided in the body and connected to the variable volume portion, the gas transfer unit configured to guide a gas in the variable volume portion to the outside. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The shell-type monitoring apparatus of claim 12, wherein the gas transfer unit comprises a discharge path connected to the variable volume portion. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The shell-type monitoring apparatus of claim 13, wherein the gas transfer unit further comprises a third control unit provided on the discharge path. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The shell-type monitoring apparatus of claim 10, wherein the driver comprises: a magnet provided on one of the body and the photographing unit; and an electromagnet provided on the other one of the body and the photographing unit and facing the magnet.