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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7671890 | Roving camera security system A covert all-weather roving camera security system includes a monorail track, at least one self-propelled trolley able to move itself back and forth continuously along the monorail track, and a plurality of surveillance cameras attached to the trolley. A housing com... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7667733 | Computer monitor receiver A computer monitor receiver for monitoring children's internet usage. The computer monitor receiver includes a video tap assembly operationally coupled between a video output and a video display device of an information handling system for routing a monitoring video... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7616229 | Surveillance camera apparatus Herein disclosed is a surveillance camera apparatus, comprising: a housing assembly having a slanted plate portion with an inner surface; and a camera assembly accommodated in said housing assembly, said slanted plate portion forming part of said housing assembly de... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7440027 | Mounting assembly for camera A camera mounting assembly for mounting a camera to a support structure. The mounting assembly including a first bracket fixable relative to the camera body such that the first bracket supports the camera. A second bracket engages the first bracket and is rotatable ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7432799 | Driving support apparatus and driving support method By applying an observing-point conversion and s synthesis to images captured by respective cameras capturing the surroundings of a vehicle and by placing a figure representing the vehicle on the synthesized image, an overhead-image generating unit generates an image... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7385590 | Surveillance system workstation A workstation for a surveillance system comprising a display, a user input device and a control unit in communication with the display and the user input device. The user input device has a plurality of keys and a light source to light the keys with a plurality of d... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385644 | Image pick-up device with changeable power supply cable The present invention concerns a monitoring camera for picking up the image of an environment inside or outside a building. A ceiling part (13) is provided in one end side in the longitudinal direction of a rectangular main body part (11). On the other... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7379119 | Surveillance camera mount A surveillance camera mounting apparatus for facilitating installation of a surveillance camera on a mounting pole such as a conduit. Typical installations on a conduit include a globe enclosure for protection of the camera equipment and to discourage a person from ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7372645 | Observation device An observation device includes a housing and an optical lens having a field of view. The housing includes an outer dome having at least one transparent portion and an inner dome. The optical lens is accommodated within the housing. The outer dome is transparent in t... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7362372 | Video surveillance camera A video surveillance camera comprising an image sensor, first housing, second housing, electronic circuit, and thermal barrier. The image sensor is located in the first housing, and the electronic circuit is located in the second housing. The thermal barrier has fir... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7355629 | Internally mounted, movable camera for vehicles A camera assembly for a commercial vehicle with a cargo compartment, which comprises a camera, and a movement apparatus, wherein the movement apparatus displaces the camera, at least partially outward, from the interior of the cargo container, in such a manner, that... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353042 | Wireless call system A wireless call system enables even a bedridden person to easily answer a visitor. The wireless call system has an outdoor unit (3) installed on the outside of an entrance of a structure having a door (13) lockable with an electronic lock (15), ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7346196 | Rotatable bay window switch box surveillance camera and illuminator for facial recognition A surveillance camera and illuminator are covertly mounted in a partially rotatable bay window inner frame mounted within an electrical switch box. The bay window inner frame can thus be pivoted back and forth to orient the camera toward an entrance to a room in whi... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7345707 | Anti-theft device for big game surveillance camera An anti-theft device for protection of wildlife surveillance camera systems mounted on a tree includes an external housing fitting over the camera system and substantially enclosing it on all sides. On the front side the housing has a frame overlapping the camera an... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7330649 | Universal security camera A security camera has an adjustable turret that holds a lens assembly which can be aimed in various directions. The camera also has a compact housing which, in combination with the adjustable directionality of the turret, enables universal mounting to various struct... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327281 | Traffic signal with integrated sensors A traffic signal with integrated sensors. The present invention provides an apparatus for integrating sensors with a traffic signal. A signal case has a housing and a light source placed within the housing. A door attached to the housing is configured such that phot... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324154 | Monitoring video camera A monitoring video camera has a mounting bracket, a lens assembly, a light assembly and a transparent shell. The mounting bracket has a bottom surface. The lens assembly is mounted on the bottom surface of the mounting bracket and has a primary bracket and a lens. T... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7295229 | Surround surveillance apparatus for mobile body A surround surveillance system mounted on a mobile body for surveying surroundings around the mobile body includes an omniazimuth visual system, the omniazimuth visual system includes at least one omniazimuth visual sensor including an optical system capable of obta... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292208 | Rearview video output device The invention is a rearview video-output device with a cover, a transparent plate mounted into the cover with at least one video output device and at least one audio output device located within the cover. A cable provides a means for inputting at least one video si... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7256822 | Video system In a video system of the invention, control means is provided for a terminal input apparatus which is connected by a communication network of a camera on the partner side and which comprises an image display apparatus having a multiwindow display function for select... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253838 | Gimbal optical system for document image capture An imaging device for document imaging may comprise a housing and an optical system having a lens system and an optical detector. The optical system is responsive to image light reflected by an object and produces image data representative of the image light. The op... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7231654 | Remote monitoring method and monitor control server A remote monitoring system which enables the owner and the custodian of a facility to recognize an intrusion from the outside and the owner himself to confirm the details of the intrusion, and which comprises a monitor device (11) for detecting abnormalities ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227515 | System and method for forming images for display in a vehicle A system is disclosed that includes a lens system that directs energy from a scene toward a detector and display unit coupled to the detector. The display unit forms an image using information received from the detector. The detector includes an array of detector el... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7227569 | Surveillance system and a surveillance camera The surveillance system is a system that a plurality of surveillance camera units cooperatively acquire image of a movable object. Each of the surveillance camera units is equipped with a image recognition function. A surveillance camera unit that has recognized the... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7217045 | Connect/disconnect mechanism for a surveillance camera head A surveillance camera assembly includes a mounting apparatus that is attachable to a mounting surface. A camera head assembly is secured to the mounting apparatus by moving the camera head assembly toward the mounting apparatus in a direction along an axis, and rota... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7210655 | Reconfigurable interior sidewall A reconfigurable interior sidewall system includes one or more simply curved sidewall panels, each curved around the fuselage but longitudinally linear and providing a consistent mating surface for monuments. Panel openings are provided in each panel so that inner w... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209164 | Image recording unit having a spherical surface portion for defining a driving surface and camera An object of this invention is to provide an image recording unit, which can pivot an image recording unit main body having a photographing optical system, which includes at least a photographing lens and an image pickup element, like the behavior of an eyeball, can... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206019 | Apparatus and method for inhibiting control apparatuses from controlling camera when another control apparatus controls camera In a video system of the invention, control means is provided for a terminal input apparatus which is connected by a communication network of a camera on the partner side and which comprises an image display apparatus having a multiwindow display function for select... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7200643 | Controller and controlling method thereof A controller, a system, and a method of controlling the operation of the controller of an electric device. The method comprises: sending a user interface software packet stored in the controller's memory to a first external device; disassembling the user interface s... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7189909 | Camera assembly for finger board instruments A camera assembly for filming the hands of a musician playing a finger board instrument includes a guiding device mounted to the finger board instrument. A stage movably engages the guiding device. A camera is mounted on the stage for filming the hands of the finger... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7184074 | Tractor/trailer back up kit Two improvements of a closed circuit television system applicable to a motor-freight tractor/trailer rig, or a motor vehicle, to see to the rear when the unaided view is obstructed, comprising: 1. Sunvisor-mounted case (30), with a window (10), ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180547 | Camera platform assembly A camera platform assembly is disclosed and claimed to include a control base adapted to receive control signal, a rotary table horizontally rotatably supported on the control base and controlled to rotate horizontally on the control base by control signal received ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7170560 | Surveillance camera with impact absorbing structure A surveillance camera device is provided which has an impact absorbing structure. The camera device includes a rotary base supporting a camera unit, a rotary bracket supporting the rotary base, and coil springs. The coil springs work to elastically urge the rotary b... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7156359 | Secure mounting system for overhead mounted projector An adjustable tamper-resistant overhead mounting system for a projector. The system includes brackets attachable to the projector and a suspension member attached to an overhead structure. At least one tamper resistant fastener is used at each connection of the brac... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7151558 | Monitor camera system and auto-tracing implementation method using the same In a monitor camera system comprising a monitor camera rotatable through 360 degrees in panning directions and through 90 degrees or more in tilting directions and a control unit for controlling the monitor camera, the monitor camera holds an auto-tracing record inc... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7123140 | Network for remote administration of street lighting inter alia and methods to carry out said administration A wireless network for remotely controlling at least one lamp includes a first radio transceiver associated with the at least one lamp and a second radio transceiver. The first radio transceiver further includes a circuit for controlling the at least one lamp as a f... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7119832 | Wireless microphone for use with an in-car video system An in-car video system and method is provided where a wireless microphone is configured with bi-directional communications capability. In response to a received RF activation signal, the wireless microphone is automatically switched on to capture (and transmit back ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116356 | Vertically self-aligning camera mount apparatus A self-aligning apparatus comprising a ball bearing assembly mounted on a base plate and supporting an axle on which is mounted a video camera. In response to the force of gravity, the axle rotates such that the camera maintains a line-of-sight parallel to the cable... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7091897 | Analog-to-digital converting circuit and image processing circuit cyclically repeating AD conversion A first AD converting part of an AD converter converts an input voltage into a digital value of a predetermined number of bits and output the digital value to a digital output circuit and a DA converting part. The DA converting part converts the digital value into a... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7088525 | Universal security camera A security camera has an adjustable turret that holds a lens assembly which can be aimed in various directions. The camera also has a compact housing which, in combination with the adjustable directionality of the turret, enables universal mounting to various struct... | 08/08/2006 |
