Aqua video system and method
OwnerDaniel V. Lynchinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments for capturing underwater video images. In a representative embodiment an underwater video system may include a sled, a camera affixed to the sled, a plurality of anchors, one or more sled tethers, the sled tethers affixed to the anchors and configured to confine the sled to a path between the anchors, a viewing station, the viewing station being configured to receive and capture images from the camera, and a motor, the motor configured to move the sled on the path between the anchors.
Claims13
An underwater video system, the system comprising:
- a sled having one or more hollow passages;
- a camera affixed to the sled;
- a plurality of anchors;
- one or more sled tethers, the sled tethers affixed to the anchors and configured to confine the sled to a path between the anchors, the hollow passages configured to slideably enclose one of the sled tethers;
- a viewing station, the viewing station being configured to receive and capture images from the camera;
- and
- a motor, the motor configured to move the sled on the path between the anchors.
A method of conducting underwater video photography, the method including the steps of:
- placing anchors underwater;
- affixing the anchors to a fixed point;
- attaching one or more sled tethers to the anchors;
- placing a sled with a camera on the sled tethers, including placing the sled tethers in one or more hollow passages of the sled;
- affixing a transmission system to the anchors and sled;
- moving the sled using the transmission system;
- and
- viewing captured images on a screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.