Dome-shaped camera

#The present invention relates to a dome-shaped camera including a dome cover that covers a camera unit, and specifically relates to a dome-shaped camera with enhanced impact resistance.

#A dome-shaped camera is a camera apparatus provided with a dome cover that protects a camera unit, which is installed on, e.g., a ceiling or a wall of a facility or a building (see, for example, patent documents 1 and 2). Such dome-shaped cameras are often used as monitoring cameras; in such case, however, the dome-shaped cameras may be subject to attack, e.g., beaten by suspicious individuals who do not want to be monitored. Therefore, dome-shaped cameras used as monitoring cameras are required to have enhanced impact resistance (see, for example, patent document 3).

#Some conventional dome-shaped cameras have a smoked dome cover to obscure the direction of the camera (monitoring direction), thereby enhancing the anti-crime capability. However, use of such a smoked dome cover may result in insufficient sensitivity of the camera depending on lighting conditions. Therefore, dome-shaped cameras including a dome cover with a dual structure (including an inner cover and an outer cover) have been proposed (see, for example, patent document 4). The dome-shaped cameras include an inner cover provided inside a transparent outer cover, and a window portion for securing a view of the camera is provided at the inner cover.

#FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a configuration of a dome-shaped camera according to the present embodiment.

#FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view for description of the configuration of the dome-shaped camera.

#FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an inner cover viewed from a back side thereof.

#A detailed description of the present invention will be described below. However, the below detailed description and the attached drawings do not limit the invention. Instead, the scope of the invention is defined by the attached claims.

#However, since in a conventional dome-shaped camera, an inner cover is fixed to a pan table via a relatively-simple structure (for example, engagement using an engaging claw), a problem arises in that upon a dome cover being subject to attack such as beating, the inner cover may be loosened by an impact force of the attack, leaving the camera disabled from continuing to take a picture.

#The present invention has been made in order to solve the aforementioned problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a dome-shaped camera with enhanced impact resistance.