Video camera utilizing power line modulation

A video camera concealed surveillance system capable of capturing a video signal at a first location and directing the video signal to a video monitor located at a second location within a common AC powerline scheme, the video camera system comprising:

• a) at least one housing having circular front and back ends and an inner enclosed cavity, the front end having a larger circumference than the back end, the front end closed by an opaque cover, the back end supporting a single conductor screw-in type AC electrical fitting, the AC electrical fitting engaging an AC receptacle along the AC powerline scheme,
• b) a first circuit board enclosed within the at least one housing enclosed cavity and having a video camera and a plurality of white infrared light emitting diodes mounted thereupon, the video camera disposed within the at least one housing such that a lens of the video camera is directed towards the front end thereof, the plurality of white infrared light emitting diodes surrounding the video camera lens,
• c) a second circuit board enclosed within the at least one housing enclosed cavity and having a video signal encoder mounted thereupon, the second circuit board electrically coupled to the first circuit board, the video signal encoder modulating the captured video signal upon the AC powerline,
• d) a power supply circuit enclosed within the at least one housing enclosed cavity and electrically coupled to the first and second circuit boards and the AC electrical fitting, and
• e) a video signal decoder electrically coupled to the video monitor at the second location, the video signal decoder capable of demodulating the captured video signal modulated upon the AC powerline by the video signal encoder and directing the captured video signal to the video monitor.

A video camera concealed surveillance system capable of capturing a video signal at a first location and directing the video signal to a second location over a common AC powerline scheme, the AC powerline scheme having at least one standard screw-in type AC receptacle and at least one standard three prong AC outlet, the video camera system comprising:

• a) a housing having front and back ends and an inner enclosed cavity, the front end having a larger circumference than the back end, the front end closed by an opaque cover, the back end supporting a single conductor screw-in type AC electrical fitting, the AC electrical fitting engaging the at least one AC receptacle along the AC powerline scheme, the housing proximally disposed to the first location,
• b) a first circuit board enclosed within the housing cavity and having a video camera and a plurality of white infrared light emitting diodes mounted thereupon, the video camera disposed within the housing such that a lens of the video camera is directed towards the front end thereof, the plurality of white infrared light emitting diodes surrounding the video camera lens,
• c) a second circuit board enclosed within the housing cavity and having a video signal encoder mounted thereupon, the second circuit board electrically coupled to the first circuit board, the video signal encoder modulating the captured video signal upon the AC powerline,
• d) a power supply circuit enclosed within the housing cavity and electrically coupled to the first and second circuit boards and the AC electrical fitting,
• e) a video signal decoder disposed at the second location and capable of demodulating the captured video-signal modulated upon the AC powerline by the video signal encoder, and
• f) a video monitor electrically coupled to the at least one three prong AC outlet and the video signal decoder, the video monitor capable of displaying the captured video signal demodulated by the video signal decoder.