Camera system for ice hockey rink and method of operation
OwnerJonathan R. Fish, Joan Taylor Fish +1inventors
InventorsJonathan R. Fish, Joan Taylor Fish, Bradley C. Fish
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Abstract
According to one aspect of the disclosure, a camera system for a hockey rink is provided. The system includes a rink wall defining a hollow interior, the rink wall having a window portion on a rink side of the rink wall. A rail is disposed within the hollow interior. A camera is operably coupled to the rail within the hollow interior and having a lens with an optical axis extending through the window portion. A movement device is operably coupled to the camera and configured to move the camera along the rail.
Claims20
A camera system for a hockey rink, the system comprising:
- a rink wall defining a hollow interior, the rink wall having a window portion on a rink side of the rink wall;
- a rail disposed within the hollow interior;
- a camera operably coupled to the rail within the hollow interior and having a lens with an optical axis extending through the window portion;
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- a movement device operably coupled to the camera and configured to move the camera along the rail.
A camera system for a hockey rink, the system comprising:
- a rink wall defining a hollow interior, the rink wall having a window portion on a rink side of the rink wall;
- a rail disposed within the hollow interior;
- a camera operably coupled to the rail within the hollow interior and having a lens with an optical axis extending through the window portion;
- a movement device operably coupled to the camera and configured to move the camera along the rail;
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- a controller electrically coupled to the camera and the movement device, the controller being configured to acquire images with the camera in response to a first input from a user and move the camera long the rail with the movement device in response to a second input from the user.
A method comprising:
- acquiring images with a camera, the camera being movably mounted by a movement device to a rail within a wall of an hockey rink, the camera being positioned to acquire images through a window in the wall;
- moving the camera along the rail with the movement device while acquiring images.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.