IP Library Granted Patent US 12,146,766
Granted Patent B2
US 12,146,766 · App. 17/685,968 · Granted Nov 19, 2024

Camera device and camera angle shift notification method

Inventors: Takashi Yuzuriha (Fukuoka, JP); Toshiyuki Kihara (Fukuoka, JP); Tsutomu Onoue (Fukuoka, JP); Shugo Yamamiya (Fukuoka, JP); Toshiaki Ito (Fukuoka, JP); Takehito Katori (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: I-PRO CO., LTD.
G01C9/02H04N23/51H04N23/55H04N23/56
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Patent No.
US 12,146,766
App. No.
17/685,968
Granted
Nov 19, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A camera device includes an inclination sensor that is configured to repeatedly detect an inclination of a camera housing, a memory that stores, as an initial value, a detection value of the inclination at the time of installation of the camera housing, a plurality of light emitting elements that is provided on a front surface of the camera housing, and a processor that is configured to control driving of the plurality of light emitting elements. The processor is configured to drive and control the plurality of light emitting elements in different light emission patterns according to a difference between the detection value of the inclination of the camera housing and the initial value.

Claims (38)

1. A camera device comprising:

an inclination sensor that is configured to repeatedly detect an inclination of a camera housing;

a memory that stores, as an initial value, a detection value of the inclination at the time of installation of the camera housing;

a plurality of light emitting elements that is provided on a front surface of the camera housing; and

a processor that is configured to control driving of the plurality of light emitting elements, wherein

the processor is configured to drive and control the plurality of light emitting elements in different light emission patterns according to a difference between the detection value of the inclination of the camera housing and the initial value.

2. The camera device according to claim 1 , wherein

the memory stores a first threshold value, a second threshold value larger than the first threshold value, and a third threshold value larger than the second threshold value,

the plurality of light emitting elements include a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element having different emission colors, and

the processor is configured to drive and control the first light emitting element to light while the difference is less than the first threshold value.

3. The camera device according to claim 1 , wherein

the memory stores a first threshold value, a second threshold value larger than the first threshold value, and a third threshold value larger than the second threshold value,

the plurality of light emitting elements include a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element having different emission colors, and

the processor is configured to drive and control the first light emitting element to blink while the difference is equal to or larger than the first threshold value and less than the second threshold value.

4. The camera device according to claim 1 , wherein

the memory stores a first threshold value, a second threshold value larger than the first threshold value, and a third threshold value larger than the second threshold value,

the plurality of light emitting elements include a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element having different emission colors, and

the processor is configured to drive and control the second light emitting element to blink while the difference is equal to or larger than the second threshold value and less than the third threshold value.

5. The camera device according to claim 1 , wherein

the memory stores a first threshold value, a second threshold value larger than the first threshold value, and a third threshold value larger than the second threshold value,

the plurality of light emitting elements include a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element having different emission colors, and

the processor is configured to drive and control the second light emitting element to light while the difference is equal to or larger than the third threshold value.

6. The camera device according to claim 1 , wherein

the camera housing has a lens portion whose optical axis is perpendicular to the front surface,

a quadrangular first side surface of a triangular prism-shaped attachment is fixed to a back surface of the camera housing,

a vertical screw hole is formed in a quadrangular second side surface of the attachment, and

a support shaft that moves in an inclination direction of the camera housing is screwed into the screw hole.

7. The camera device according to claim 6 , wherein

the front surface of the camera housing is formed in a rectangular shape,

the optical axis of the lens portion is disposed offset with respect to an intersection of a pair of diagonal lines of the front surface,

four bolt fixing holes are provided in the back surface at positions corresponding to respective corner portions of a square,

a pair of through holes communicating with any two adjacent bolt fixing holes among the four bolt fixing holes is formed in the second side surface, and

the attachment is screwed to the back surface by screwing a pair of fixing bolts respectively inserted into the pair of through holes into any two adjacent bolt fixing holes among the four bolt fixing holes.

8. A camera angle shift notification method comprising:

executing the camera angle shift notification method by a camera device including an inclination sensor that repeatedly detects an inclination of a camera housing;

storing, as an initial value, a detection value of the inclination at the time of installation of the camera housing into a memory;

calculating a difference between the detection value of the inclination of the camera housing and the initial value; and

driving and controlling a plurality of light emitting elements provided on a front surface of the camera housing in different light emission patterns according to the difference.

Assignments (3)
ADDRESS CHANGE Recorded Nov 1, 2022
From: I-PRO CO., LTD.
To: I-PRO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061828/0350 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 31, 2022
From: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
To: I-PRO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061824/0261 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2022
From: YUZURIHA, TAKASHI; KIHARA, TOSHIYUKI; ONOUE, TSUTOMU; YAMAMIYA, SHUGO; ITO, TOSHIAKI; KATORI, TAKEHITO
To: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060268/0592 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-035580 · Mar 5, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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