IP Library Granted Patent US 12,010,410
Granted Patent B2
US 12,010,410 · App. 17/955,028 · Granted Jun 11, 2024

Monitoring camera

Inventors: Akito Omata (Fukuoka, JP); Hirokazu Tasaka (Fukuoka, JP); Satoshi Kataoka (Fukuoka, JP)
Assignee: I-PRO CO., LTD.
H04N23/52G03B17/08H04N7/18H04N23/695H04N23/90
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,010,410
App. No.
17/955,028
Granted
Jun 11, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A monitoring camera includes a plurality of camera units mounted in a circumferential direction of a device body, and a dome cover assembly including a dome cover collectively covering the plurality of camera units. The dome cover includes a water droplet guide surface continuous with an R surface and tilted downward as approaching an axis of the dome cover, and a water droplet receiving portion continuous with the water droplet guide surface. The camera unit includes a camera rotating a lens center axis on the virtual plane about a tilt rotation center in a direction perpendicular to the virtual plane. The water droplet receiving portion is provided outside of a field angle boundary of a field angle of the camera close to the axis in a state where the camera is tilted toward the axis side at a maximum tilt angle.

Claims (15)

1. A monitoring camera comprising:

a plurality of camera units that are mounted in a circumferential direction of a device body attached substantially parallel to a ceiling surface; and

a dome cover assembly that includes a dome cover collectively covering the plurality of camera units and that is attached to the device body, wherein

the dome cover is formed, on a virtual plane including an axis of the dome cover and parallel to the axis, with a water droplet guide surface continuous with an R surface and tilted downward when approaching the axis, and a water droplet receiving portion continuous with the water droplet guide surface,

each of the plurality of camera units includes a camera that rotates a lens center axis on the virtual plane about a tilt rotation center in a direction perpendicular to the virtual plane, and

in a state where the camera is tilted toward the axis at a maximum tilt angle, the water droplet receiving portion is provided outside of a field angle boundary of a field angle of the camera close to the axis.

2. The monitoring camera according to claim 1 , wherein

the dome cover includes a circular recessed portion recessed in a direction approaching the ceiling surface and coaxially formed around the axis, and

the water droplet receiving portion is provided in an annular shape in a radially outer side of the circular recessed portion.

3. The monitoring camera according to claim 1 , wherein

the water droplet receiving portion is shared by the plurality of cameras.

4. The monitoring camera according to claim 1 , wherein

an included angle between the water droplet guide surface and a horizontal plane is in a range of 1° to 10°.

5. The monitoring camera according to claim 1 , wherein

a radial width of the water droplet receiving portion is 10 mm or more.

Assignments (2)
ADDRESS CHANGE Recorded Nov 1, 2022
From: I-PRO CO., LTD.
To: I-PRO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061828/0350 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2022
From: OMATA, AKITO; TASAKA, HIROKAZU; KATAOKA, SATOSHI
To: I-PRO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061246/0532 →
Cited By (1)
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