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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120106942 | IMAGING DEVICE AND PLATE SPRING Disclosed herein is an imaging device including: a lens block on which a lens is installed and which is turnable in a pan direction parallel to a horizontal direction; a support member supporting the lens block; and a plate spring secured to the support member and press... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120106943 | IMAGING DEVICE AND PLATE SPRING Disclosed herein is an imaging device including: a lens case on which a lens is installed; a columnar member having a central axis coincidental with a rotational axis of the lens case and formed on a lateral surface of the lens case, the rotational axis extending in a t... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120045197 | DOME CAMERA ENCLOSURE WITH VIRTUAL TILT PIVOT MECHANISM A surveillance camera arrangement includes a substantially spherical enclosure having a substantially round optical region. The optical region has better optical qualities than a remainder of the enclosure. A camera is disposed within the enclosure. The camera has a len... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120008041 | CCTV CAMERA HOUSING A camera housing incorporates a glass window, as an optical port, to improve image quality. The window can be curved or flat. The housing can be dome shaped and can also include metal or plastic along with the glass window. A camera installed in the housing has a field ... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110286735 | INFRARED CAMERA ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS AND METHODS A camera assembly includes a housing having a central axis and a camera cassette slidably receivable in a front end thereof. The slide-in cassette includes a sled having a pair of legs slidably receivable in respective ones of a pair of complementary longitudinal slide ... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110274421 | REMOTE-CONTROL DOOR VIEWER SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM A remote-control door viewer surveillance system includes a door viewer holding a lens assembly in the door panel of a house, an image sensor for picking up image signals through the lens assembly, an image processing circuit for processing image signals received from t... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110268433 | PAN-TILT APPARATUS Provided is a pan-tilt apparatus for a surveillance camera, including an image capturing unit 100 including a camera 2 and a camera holder 4 for supporting the camera 2; a motion converter 150 including a driving shaft 10, a sha... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110243545 | Security Camera Assembly A security camera assembly has a bracket, a housing, and a camera. The bracket includes a top plate having a front end and a back end, a front leg extending from the front end of the top plate in a first direction generally perpendicular to the top plate, and a back leg... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110187856 | VIDEO SURVEILLANCE DEVICE WITH INFRARED LED The video surveillance device with infrared LEDs has a casing and utilizes a partition element within the casing to place a camera assembly behind the partition element and the infrared LEDs in indentations on a front side of the partition element. A protective lens is ... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110115972 | HEATING DEVICE FOR HEATING A GLASS SURFACE, PARTICULARLY A PROTECTICE GLASS OF AN OUTDOOR CAMERA, AND ELECTRONIC AND/OR OPTICAL DEVICE HAVING A PROTECTIVE GLASS At least one heating element is applied to a glass surface as a material layer to provide a heating device for heating the glass surface. Due to such direct heating of the glass surface, such as a protective glass, in that the material layer applied in a positive, bonde... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110103786 | PRIVACY ENSURING CAMERA ENCLOSURE A privacy ensuring camera enclosure with a camera enclosing configuration and a surveillance configuration wherein the camera enclosing configuration entirely surrounds a surveillance camera such that it is visibly removed from a privacy sensitive area, thereby preservi... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110052179 | MOUNTING DEVICE FOR SECURITY CAMERA Disclosed herein is a mounting device for a security camera. In the mounting device, a mounting plate means is fastened and then a cover means is fitted into the mounting plate means when the security camera is mounted to a building, thus enabling easy and convenient in... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110033179 | IMAGING APPARATUS An imaging apparatus allows an interior structure including a camera unit to make a retreating movement in response to a shock applied to a cover from various directions. The imaging apparatus includes a camera unit including a lens and an image sensor, a dome cover cov... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110013900 | CAMERA APPARATUS A camera apparatus includes an adjusting member configured to adjust a pan of an optical member included therein; a cover member configured to cover the optical member; and a fixing member fixed to an installation surface and configured to include a first engaging mecha... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100284682 | ELEVATION DEVICE OF MONITORING CAMERA An elevation device is provided for a monitoring camera, including a top retaining barrel fixed to the top end of a high suspending post and downward fit onto a retained member. The retained member has a bottom forming the wire box. A retained cylinder has an outer circ... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100272427 | DOME TYPE SECURITY CAMERA STRUCTURE WITH REINFORCED WATERPROOFING FUNCTION A dome type security camera structure with a reinforced waterproofing function is disclosed. The camera structure includes a housing (100) having an outside wire insert hole (110), and a pair of opposite guide grooves (120). Each guide groove commun... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100245569 | IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE MOUNTING MECHANISM AND IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE An image-capturing device mounting mechanism, which includes: an anchoring unit fixed to a building; a body unit with a capturing lens, the body unit mounted to and demounted from the anchoring unit; a first engaging portion provided in the body unit for an engagement b... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100239241 | Surveillance camera mounting structure A surveillance camera mounting structure includes a casing for accommodating a circuit board, a cover hinged to one side of the casing for closing the casing and having a front shield for accommodating an image sensor, a safety cord member connected between the casing a... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100166412 | RAPID DEPLOYMENT SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM A portable surveillance system for rapid deployment, comprising a hardware case containing a battery, a processor, a hard disk drive, and a means for communications; at least one surveillance camera; and a tripod. The tripod is used to support both the camera and the ha... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100119221 | CAMERA ASSEMBLY A camera assembly includes a camera arranged to be panable and tiltable, and a transparent view port cover. The transparent view port cover includes a first part and a second part arranged together to present different angles of view to the camera, the second part havin... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100111516 | IMAGING APPARATUS WITH ROTATABLE LENS BARREL An imaging apparatus with a rotatable lens barrel includes the following elements. An optical block includes a lens. An imaging block includes an imaging device. The lens barrel receives the respective blocks and includes a rotating truncated ball larger than a hemisphe... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100080548 | COVERT CAMERA WITH A FIXED LENS A covert camera for surveillance in an aircraft comprises a front panel that can have an appearance other than a conventional camera. The front panel can include at least one aperture therethrough. A lens can be in or near the aperture, the lens having a field of view. ... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100054725 | MONITORING CAMERA Provided is a monitoring camera including a base which is fixable and installable on a structure; a housing which is attachable to and detachable from the base; a hooking member which is disposed on the base so as to fix the housing with the base; a button member of whi... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100046937 | DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR PRESET FIELD-OF-VIEW IMAGING An assembly for easy installation of a surveillance or other camera on a surface, for example, a vertical surface. Some embodiments include, for example, a camera including an imager having a preset angle relative to a wall, or to a line perpendicular to the floor or gr... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100034530 | DIRECTION ADJUSTABLE CAMERA WITH MAGNETIC MOUNTING A monitoring camera includes a camera portion that senses image of an object, a base and a shooting angle change device that connects the camera portion and the base with magnetic force. The shooting angle change device can change the shooting direction of the camera po... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100021154 | TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR MONITORING INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES A system transports a device into a piece of industrial equipment for the purpose of collecting data inside of the industrial equipment. In an embodiment, the industrial equipment is a furnace and the device is an IR camera. The system opens a door covering an opening o... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100014849 | Security Camera Assembly A security camera assembly has a bracket, a housing, and a camera. The bracket includes a top plate having a front end and a back end, a front leg extending from the front end of the top plate in a first direction generally perpendicular to the top plate, and a back leg... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20090310956 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE OF DOME COVER, DOME COVER, AND DOME-TYPE CAMERA A dome cover (6) is manufactured by injection molding by steps of: forming a cavity (14) having the shape of the dome cover (6) between an upper mold (12) and a lower mold (13) for an injection molding die (11), providing a gate... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090194443 | PROTECTIVE CASE FOR A WILDLIFE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM A protective case that resists fractures, punctures, deformations, and other failures for use with a wildlife surveillance system is provided. The protective case includes a cooperating base and cover. The base and cover define a cavity therebetween, which houses the wi... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090196593 | ADJUSTABLE SURVEILLANCE CAMERA A surveillance camera comprises a base, a back plate, a holding bracket, a pivoting bracket, a lens frame, a camera lens assembly and multiple positioning devices. The back plate is attached rotatably to the base along a first rotating axis. A first positioning device i... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090196597 | Mounting and Positioning System A magnetic mount is provided for easily mounting, positioning, and orienting a camera, sensor or other directionally sensitive electronic device. In one example the magnetic mount is a camera mount. The camera mount has a camera part that has an image sensor, electronic... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090162048 | DOME TYPE CAMERA A dome type camera (1) comprises a camera (2), a lower case (3) having a first serration (9), an upper case (4), a dome cover (6), and an inner cover (7) having a second serration (20), where the upper case (4 | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090154912 | Multi-axis dome camera A multi-axis dome camera includes a base having a support bracket fixedly mounted thereon and a pivoted bracket pivotally connected to an upper end of the support bracket to be 180-degree vertically turnable relative to the latter; a rotating disc being connected to a t... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090096918 | Protected Security Monitoring Box A security monitoring apparatus including a security monitoring enclosure, a carousel, and a camera bracket is provided. The security monitoring enclosure has a bottom wall with an aperture passing therethrough. The carousel is rotatably mounted on the bottom wall for r... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090052884 | ROTATION SUPPORTING APPARATUS, ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREOF, AND MONITORING CAMERA HAVING THE SAME A rotation supporting apparatus capable of reducing shaking of a rotating body. The rotation supporting apparatus includes a rotation shaft to be connected with a rotating body and to rotate, two or more bearings to rotatably support the rotation shaft, and a frame comp... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090028542 | ACTIVE CAMERA APPARATUS AND ROBOT APPARATUS An outer body of ball shell type has an opening. A camera is located in the outer body and receives an image from outside of the outer body through the opening. A camera support unit is located in the outer body and rotationally supports the camera along a first axis an... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20080303900 | Miniature Low Cost Pan/Tilt Magnetic Actuation For Portable And Stationary Video Cameras A pan/tilt apparatus for a camera includes a base, a stage mounted on the base to rotate around a vertical pan axis, an optical apparatus mounted on the stage, a pan actuating mechanism, and a tilt actuating mechanism. The optical apparatus includes a frame that support... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080279543 | Camera arrangement behind an inclined pane A camera arrangement includes a camera having a lens pointed at a pane and being separated from the pane. A light-guiding element is between the camera lens and the pane. The light-guiding element guides at least light which is incident on the pane in a grazing manner f... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080267611 | ROTATABLE CAMERA A rotatable camera comprises a camera and a fixing seat, wherein the camera and the fixing seat are assembled respectively with a coil for electrical conduction, such that after the camera and the fixing seat are assembled, an electric conduction can be accomplished by ... | 10/30/2008 |
| 20080226282 | Camera Installation Device A camera installation device has a camera installation base (12) and a camera support section (14). A coupling direction (X) between the camera support section (14) and the camera installation base (12) is inclined relative to the direction v... | 09/18/2008 |
