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US 6,708,943 B2Granted
Camera gimbal
AssigneeSilent Witness Enterprises Ltd.
InventorsNatalia E. Ursan, William E. Fenton, Dennis K. Ho
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Abstract
An apparatus for adjustably mounting a camera. The apparatus comprises a base bracket, a ring bracket, a square bracket and a carrier bracket.
Claims20
A camera positioning apparatus comprising:
- (a) a mounting bracket;
- (b) a gimbal bracket assembly having
- i) a ring bracket, rotationally secured to said mounting bracket and operative to rotate about a roll axis;
- ii) a square bracket, pivotally secured to said ring bracket and operative to pivot about a yaw axis;
- and
- iii) a carrier bracket, pivotally secured to said square bracket and operative to pivot about a pitch axis;
- and
- (c) a plurality of locking mechanisms, each of said locking mechanisms operative to lock said gimbal bracket assembly about a respective one of said axes.
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A camera positioning apparatus comprising:
- (a) a mounting bracket;
- (b) a gimbal bracket assembly having three orthogonal axes, wherein said first axis is roll, said second axis is yaw and said third axis is pitch and wherein said gimbal bracket assembly is secured to said mounting bracket;
- and
- (c) a plurality of locking mechanisms, each of said locking mechanisms operative to lock said gimbal bracket assembly about a respective one of said three orthogonal axes,
- wherein said gimbal bracket assembly has a range of motion of at least approximately 360° about each of said three orthogonal axes.
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A camera positioning apparatus comprising:
- (a) a mounting bracket;
- (b) a gimbal bracket assembly having three orthogonal axes, wherein said first axis is roll, said second axis is yaw and said third axis is pitch and wherein said gimbal bracket assembly is secured to said mounting bracket;
- and
- (c) a plurality of locking mechanisms, each of said locking mechanisms operative to lock said gimbal bracket assembly about a respective one of said three orthogonal axes,
- wherein said locking mechanism operative to lock said gimbal bracket assembly about said first axis is on said first axis;
- and
- wherein said locking mechanism operative to lock said gimbal bracket assembly about said third axis is on said third axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.