Articulating camera arm and camera assembly comprising same
AssigneeAvigilon Corporation
InventorPiotr Zbigniew Celler
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Abstract
An articulating camera arm permits a camera to be positioned includes multiple sections connected together in series at joints. At least one of the joints is movable, and each of the joints connects one of the sections to an immediately preceding one of the sections. The articulating arm may also be connected to one or both of a camera and a mounting plate via movable joints such as swivel joints. The arm's interior includes a wiring conduit that allows wiring for the camera to pass through it while being protected by the arm.
Claims16
A camera assembly, comprising:
- (a) a mounting plate;
- (b) a camera body;
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- (c) an articulating arm comprising a camera section and a mounting section directly and pivotably coupled to each other at a movable joint, wherein a first end of the mounting section is coupled to the mounting plate at a mounting swivel joint and a second end of the camera section is coupled to the camera body at a camera swivel joint,
- wherein interiors of the sections collectively comprise a wiring conduit extending through the interior of the articulating arm permitting wire to pass from the camera body to the mounting plate while entirely contained within the articulating arm,
- wherein the mounting section comprises a shorter mounting half and a longer mounting half that is longer than and overhangs the shorter mounting half, the mounting halves having opposing concave sides and connected along their longitudinally extending edges,
- wherein the camera section comprises a shorter camera half and a longer camera half that is longer than and overhangs the shorter camera half, the camera halves having opposing concave sides and connected along their longitudinally extending edges, and
- wherein overhanging portions of the longer mounting and camera halves overlap each other.
An articulating arm for mounting a camera to a mounting surface, the arm comprising a camera section and a mounting section directly and pivotably coupled to each other at a movable joint, and wherein:
- (a) a first end of the mounting section comprises a male or female portion of a mounting swivel joint;
- (b) a second end of the camera section comprises a male or female portion of a camera swivel joint;
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- (c) interiors of the sections collectively comprise a wiring conduit extending through the interior of the articulating arm permitting wire to pass from the second end of the camera section to the first end of the mounting section while entirely contained within the articulating arm,
- wherein the mounting section comprises a shorter mounting half and a longer mounting half that is longer than and overhangs the shorter mounting half, the mounting halves having opposing concave sides and connected along their longitudinally extending edges,
- wherein the camera section comprises a shorter camera half and a longer camera half that is longer than and overhangs the shorter camera half, the camera halves having opposing concave sides and connected along their longitudinally extending edges, and
- wherein overhanging portions of the longer mounting and camera halves overlap each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.