Surveillance device with eyeball assembly and pivotably mountable carriage assembly
Patent 5394209 Issued on February 28, 1995. Estimated Expiration Date: 
January 27, 2014. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
January 27, 2014. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 894348 1641301 3535442 3720147 3732368 3739703 3819856 3916097 Surveillance system Camera and housing InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 187811 filed on 01/27/1994US Classes:396/20, SCANNING CAMERA348/151, Camera concealment396/427Surveillance typeExaminersPrimary: Gray, David M.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG03B 029/00AbstractA surveillance assembly in which a camera and lens assembly is surrounded by a shroud to form an eyeball assembly which is rotatable about first and second axes and which is enclosed within a housing. A carriage assembly for mounting the eyeball assembly to the housing is provided in the surveillance assembly and includes pivot and engagement parts which allow the carriage assembly to be pivoted into position. Additionally disclosed is a camera/lens mounting with a resilient annular member for permitting adjustment of the mounting along the lens axis and a cable support assembly for an electrical cable connected between a camera lens assembly and another part of a surveillance assembly in which the cable support assembly permits the cable to be wound about the pivot axis of the camera and lens assembly.Field of SearchPart comprising hand wheel, e.g., steering wheelObservation of or from a specific location (e.g., surveillance) Camera concealment Motion detection With transformation or rectification Intrusion detection Vehicular Point of sale or banking Aerial viewing Using plural cameras With rotating reflector With linear array Access control Motion detection Traffic monitoring | |
