Remotely operated camera system with battery recharging system
OwnerIain Weir-Jonesinventor
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Abstract
A remotely operated camera system has a camera on a mobile camera mounting unit suspended from a suspension cable guidingly supporting the camera mounting unit for movement to and fro along a predetermined path of travel. An endless traction cable extends along the path of travel of the camera mounting unit, and is driven so that opposed runs of the traction cable move in opposite directions along the path of travel. Pulleys on the cable mounting unit are wrapped by the opposed runs of the traction cable and a remote control selectively operates the pulleys to transmit drive to the camera mounting unit and thereby to displace the latter in the corresponding direction along the suspension cable. This system avoids having a prime mover or an operator on the camera mounting unit.
Claims10
A remotely operated camera system, comprising:
- a camera:
- a mobile camera mounting unit carrying said camera:
- an elongated support for guidingly supporting said camera mounting unit for movement to and fro along a predetermined path of travel;
- an endless elongate traction member extending along the path of travel of said camera mounting unit;
- means for driving said endless traction member so that opposed runs of said endless traction member move in opposite directions along the path of travel of said camera mounting unit;
- said camera mounting unit having first and second rotatable means for engagement with respective ones of the opposed runs of said elongate traction member;
- means for generating electrical power in response to rotation of said first and second rotatable means by said elongate traction member;
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- means for connecting said camera mounting unit to one of the opposed runs of said elongate traction member so as to displace said camera mounting unit in the corresponding direction along said elongate support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.