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Television camera with a device for varying its viewing direction
Assignee: Ibak Helmut Hunger GmbH and Co KG
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Filing: 1986-01-17
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Granted: 1987-04-28
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Expires: 2006-01-17
Abstract
Abstract A television camera with a device for varying its viewing direction includes a cylindrical housing, a camera insert disposed in the housing, a camera tube with a target of a given size disposed in the camera insert, a fixed wide angle lens at least partially disposed in the housing, the lens having a beam spread angle of at least 180° and a picture field several times larger than the given size of the target, a universal mounting supporting the camera insert in the housing, and an electrically controllable positioning motor for swiveling the camera insert in each of two mutually perpendicular planes.
Inventors
- 👤 Erich Gulck
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 02:57
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N23/00; H04N23/50; H04N23/555; H04N23/58
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
101 words
Television camera with a device for varying its viewing direction, comprising a cylindrical housing, a camera insert disposed in said housing, a camera tube with a target of a given size disposed in said camera insert, a fixed wide angle lens at least partially disposed in said housing, said lens having a beam spread angle of at least 180° and a picture field several times larger than said given size of said target, a universal mounting supporting said camera insert in said housing, and an electrically controllable positioning motor for swiveling said camera insert in each of two mutually perpendicular planes.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
101 words
Television camera with a device for varying its viewing direction, comprising a cylindrical housing, a camera insert disposed in said housing, a camera tube with a target of a given size disposed in said camera insert, a fixed wide angle lens at least partially disposed in said housing, said lens having a beam spread angle of at least 180° and a picture field several times larger than said given size of said target, a universal mounting supporting said camera insert in said housing, and an electrically controllable positioning motor for swiveling said camera insert in each of two mutually perpendicular planes.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
Television camera according to claim 1, including a hollow cylinder longitudinally movable in said housing, said universal mounting being a cardan suspension supporting said camera insert in said hollow cylinder.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
Television camera according to claim 1, including a pull cord having two ends engaging two opposite points on said camera insert and coupling said camera insert to said positioning motor.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
Television camera according to claim 3, wherein said positioning motor has a shaft, and including a cord pulley disposed on said shaft, said pull cord being looped around said pulley at least once.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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