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US 9,071,740 B1Granted
Modular camera system
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsGregory R. Duffy, Melissa D. McLean, Aamir S. Virani
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Abstract
What is described herein is a system which includes an arm where the arm includes a cutout which is a same shape as at least some part of a video camera and which is configured to hold the video camera. The system further includes a base which is configured to be placed on a surface. The system further includes a joint which is configured to be connected to the arm and the base.
Claims23
A system, comprising:
- an integrated video camera module that includes a high definition camera portion, an antenna, a wireless transceiver, a microphone and a speaker;
- an arm formed from substantially flat material, wherein the arm includes a cutout opening that has a substantially flat circular shape that conforms to a contour of the video camera module and is configured to entirely surround and hold the video camera module when the video camera module is inserted within the cutout opening in the arm;
- a base that is configured to be placed on a surface;
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- a joint that connects the arm and the base and that provides at least one degree of motion of the arm and video camera module mounted therein with respect to the base.
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A system, comprising:
- an integrated video camera module that includes a high definition camera portion, an antenna, a wireless transceiver, a microphone and a speaker;
- an arm formed from substantially flat material, wherein the arm includes a cutout opening that has a substantially flat circular shape that conforms to a contour of the video camera module, and is configured to entirely enclose and hold the video camera module when the video camera module is inserted within the cutout opening in the arm;
- a plug, included in the opening, which is configured to be coupled to a port of the video camera module when the video camera module is inserted in the opening, wherein the plug and the port of the video camera module are decoupled when the video camera module is not inserted in the opening;
- a wire which is coupled to the plug and which is configured to electrically connect the video camera module and a power supply when the video camera module is inserted in the opening, wherein the video camera module and the power supply are electrically disconnected when the video camera module is not inserted in the opening;
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- a surface mount which is configured to, at least temporarily, connect to a surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.