Mask for surveillance camera

Claim 2

A mask for a surveillance camera comprising a substantially opaque hollow shell, a transparent window in said shell, and the interior portion of said shell visible through said window being of dark color.

Claim 3

A mask for a surveillance camera comprising a substantially opaque hollow shell, a transparent window in said shell, and the interior portion of said shell visible through said window being of dark color.

Claim 4

A mask for a surveillance camera comprising a substantially opaque hollow shell, a transparent window in said shell, and the interior portion of said shell visible through said window being of dark color.

Claim 5

A mask according to claim 1, in which said shell and said interior portions are absorptive to substantially all visible wavelengths of light.

Claim 6

A mask according to claim 2 in which the shell has an exterior surface contour generated by revolving a plane figure about an axis passing through the shell.

Claim 7

A mask according to claim 2 in which said window is elongate and the exterior portion of said shell adjacent said window is convex.

Claim 8

A mask according to claim 1, having a coating with a varicolored pattern on its exterior side.

Claim 9

A masked surveillance device having in combination, a camera having an optical axis, a support means for the camera adapted for directing the optical axis toward a field of view, means for mounting said support means for rotation about a first axis, scan means to rotate the support means about said first axis to cause the camera to scan said field of view, and a hollow shell secured to said means for mounting said support means, enclosing the camera, having a first portion opaque except for a transparent window therein, said window being aligned with said optical axis, and having a second portion comprising that portion having an interior side visible through the window, said interior side being of dark color and substantially opaque.

Claim 10

A masked surveillance device having in combination, a camera having an optical axis, a support means for the camera adapted for directing the optical axis toward a field of view, means for mounting said support means for rotation about a first axis, scan means to rotate the support means about said first axis to cause the camera to scan said field of view, and a hollow shell secured to said means for mounting said support means, enclosing the camera, having a first portion opaque except for a transparent window therein, said window being aligned with said optical axis, and having a second portion comprising that portion having an interior side visible through the window, said interior side being of dark color and substantially opaque.

Claim 11

A masked surveillance device according to claim 6, in which said portions are absorptive to substantially all visible wavelengths of light.

Claim 12

A masked surveillance device according to claim 6, in which the shell has a coating with a varicolored pattern on its exterior side.

Claim 13

A masked surveillance device according to claim 6, wherein said means for mounting said support means includes means for providing independent rotation thereof about both said first axis and about a second axis forming an angle with said first axis.