IP Library Granted Patent US 10,073,324
Granted Patent B2
US 10,073,324 · App. 15/414,864 · Granted Sep 11, 2018

Security camera system

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Patent No.
US 10,073,324
App. No.
15/414,864
Granted
Sep 11, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A security camera system includes: a camera module; a support portion arranged at one side of the camera module and connected to a housing bracket or an outside structure; a tilt axis portion connected to one side of the camera module and coupled to the support portion to be rotatable relative to the support portion; and a tilt motor configured to transfer a rotation force to the tilt axis portion and revolve around a rotation axis of the tilt axis portion during rotation of the tilt axis portion.

Claims (29)

1. A camera system comprising:

a camera module;

a support portion arranged at only one tilt axis side, among two tilt axis sides, of the camera module and connected to a housing bracket or an outside structure;

a tilt axis portion connected to only the one tilt axis side of the camera module and coupled to the support portion to be rotatable relative to the support portion; and

a tilt motor configured to transfer a rotation force to the tilt axis portion and move in an orbit around a tilt axis of the tilt axis portion during rotation of the tilt axis portion.

2. The camera system of claim 1 , further comprising a light projecting portion arranged in opposition to the camera module with respect to the tilt axis of the tilt axis portion.

3. The camera system of claim 2 , wherein the light projecting portion comprises a light source for emitting an infrared ray.

4. The camera system of claim 2 , wherein an optical axis of the light projecting portion is parallel to an optical axis of the camera module.

5. The camera system of claim 1 , wherein the tilt motor is arranged in opposition to the camera module with respect to the tilt axis of the tilt axis portion.

6. The camera system of claim 1 , wherein the support portion extends in a direction crossing a section of the tilt axis portion.

7. The camera system of claim 1 , wherein the camera module and the tilt axis portion are connected to the housing bracket only through the support portion.

8. The camera system of claim 1 , wherein the support portion is arranged at only the one tilt axis side of the camera module and is not arranged at the other tilt axis side of the camera module.

9. The camera system of claim 1 , wherein the support portion has a cantilever shape.

10. The camera system of claim 1 , wherein the tilt motor is coupled to the tilt axis portion by a belt.

11. The camera system of claim 10 , wherein the tilt motor comprises a tension bearing for adjusting tension of the belt.

12. The camera system of claim 1 , wherein the tilt motor has a motor axis portion to rotate around a rotation axis so at to generate the rotation force, and the tilt axis of the tilt axis portion and the rotation axis of the motor axis portion are parallel to each other.

13. The camera system of claim 1 , wherein mass of the tilt motor is smaller than mass of the camera module.

14. The camera system of claim 1 , further comprising a light projecting portion arranged in opposition to the camera module with respect to the tilt axis of the tilt axis portion and having mass smaller than mass of the camera module.

15. The camera system of claim 14 , wherein the mass of the camera module is equal to a sum of mass of the tilt motor and mass of the light projecting portion.

16. The camera system of claim 1 , further comprising a counter weight arranged spaced apart from the tilt axis of the tilt axis portion in a lengthwise direction of the support portion.

17. The camera system of claim 1 , further comprising only one oil seal interposed between the support portion and the tilt axis portion.

18. A camera system comprising:

a camera module;

a support portion arranged at only one tilt axis side, among two tilt axis sides, of the camera module and connected to a housing bracket or an outside structure;

a tilt axis portion connected to only the one tilt axis side of the camera module and coupled to the support portion to be rotatable relative to the support portion; and

a tilt motor configured to transfer a rotation force to the tilt axis portion so that a rotating body comprising the camera module performs a tilting rotation with respect to a tilt axis of the tilt axis portion,

wherein mass of a portion of the rotating body positioned above the tilt axis is substantially the same as mass of a remaining portion of the rotating body positioned below the tilt axis.

19. The camera system of claim 18 , wherein the tilt motor is included in the rotating body.

20. The camera system of claim 19 , wherein the tilt motor is disposed at only the one tilt axis side.

Assignments (6)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 10, 2023
From: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
To: HANWHA VISION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064549/0075 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2019
From: HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
To: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049013/0723 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE APPLICATION NUMBER 10/853,669. IN ADDITION PLEASE SEE EXHIBIT A PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 046927 FRAME 0019. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jan 17, 2019
From: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
To: HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048496/0596 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 24, 2018
From: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD
To: HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046927/0019 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 041078 FRAME: 0453. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST . Recorded Jul 20, 2018
From: LIM, YONGSEOB; TAMURA, KAZUSHIGE; KIM, CHANG YEON
To: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046596/0986 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2017
From: LIM, YONGSEOB; TAMURA, KAZUSHIGE; KIM, CHANG YEON
To: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 041078/0453 →