Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
137 words
A surveillance assembly comprising: an eyeball assembly including: a camera and lens assembly having a viewing axis and a viewing cone; a spherical shroud substantially totally surrounding said camera and lens assembly and having a light transmissive area comprising a circular aperture aligned with the viewing axis of said camera and lens assembly and sufficient to pass said viewing cone, whereby said camera and lens assembly can view outward of said shroud; and a lens member affixed to said shroud so as to occupy said aperture, said lens member having over the area of said aperture an outer spherical surface configured so as to follow and substantially complete the spherical surface of said shroud so that said outer spherical surface of said lens member and said spherical surface of said shroud appear as a substantially complete sphere.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
16 words
A surveillance assembly in accordance with claim 1 wherein: the periphery of said lens is circular.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
A surveillance assembly in accordance with claim 2 wherein: the periphery of said lens has a shoulder; and said lens is situated in said shroud with said shoulder abutting the inner surface of said shroud bordering said aperture.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
A surveillance assembly in accordance with claim 3 further comprising: an annular securing member overlapping the periphery of said lens member and the inner surface of said shroud bordering said periphery for securing the lens member to said shroud.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
A surveillance assembly in accordance with claim 1 wherein: the outer surface of said shroud is reflective to light; and the outer surface of said lens is partially reflective to light.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
A surveillance assembly in accordance with claim 5 wherein: said outer surface of said shroud is opaque; and said lens member is partially opaque.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
A surveillance assembly in accordance with claim 1 wherein: said outer surface of said shroud is a first color; and the coloring of said lens includes said first color.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
15 words
A surveillance assembly in accordance with claim 1 wherein: said shroud comprises joined part-spherical shells.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
A surveillance assembly in accordance with claim 1 wherein: said lens member comprises a planar lens.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
16 words
A surveillance assembly in accordance with claim 1 wherein: said lens member comprises a non-planar lens.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
67 words
A surveillance assembly in accordance with claim 1 wherein: said eyeball assembly is further adapted to be rotatable about first and second axes so as to enable rotation of said camera and lens assembly and said shroud about said first and second axes, while said viewing axis and said viewing cone of said camera and lens assembly remain aligned with said light transmissive area of said shroud.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
56 words
A surveillance assembly in accordance with claim 11 further comprising: a housing for housing said eyeball assembly so as to permit said rotation of said eyeball assembly about said first and second axes and including a light transmissive section for passing said viewing cone of said camera and lens assembly during rotation of said eyeball assembly.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
75 words
A surveillance assembly in accordance with claim 11 wherein: said eyeball assembly further includes first means adjacent spaced peripheral points of said eyeball assembly and adapted to be connected to a part of a carriage assembly for carrying said eyeball assembly for rotating said eyeball assembly about said first axis, said first means being further adapted to allow said eyeball assembly to rotate about said second axis relative to said part of said carriage assembly.