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U.S. Philips Corporation

Edward M Ulicki

Alan Edward Kaplan

Nicholas C Korinis, Ii

Kenneth R Jones

Gabor Schlisser

A vehicle video control system is provided comprising a video camera unit having a wide angle (preferably a fisheye) lens mounted atop a column, wherein the column is attached to a manned or robotic vehicle, and an operator control unit in communication with the video camera unit. A continuous video image produced by the video camera unit is transmitted to the operator control unit. Such vehicle video control system provides a vehicle operator with an approximately hemispherical view from above the vehicle, providing the human operator with a continuous view of most of the area surrounding the vehicle. This video control system eliminates the burden of video camera control during simultaneous operation of the vehicle using the present system.

Vehicle video control system

An encapsulated self-balancing remote video camera system is provided, which is capable of righting itself into an upright, balanced position. The encapsulated self-balancing remote video camera system has a video camera, wireless communication means and balancing mass disposed within an internal, self-righting, inner structure. The inner structure is disposed within a transparent outer container, such that the inner structure may rotate within the outer container when resting upon a surface, such that the video camera rotates into an upright position by gravitational forces acting upon the balancing mass disposed with the inner structure. In addition, a remote operation means is provided, which enables a user of the present system to view video images transmitted from the video camera, and to remotely control movement of the lens and/or video camera.

Encapsulated self-balancing remote video camera system

An alarm control center having means for interchangeably assigning alarm parameters for each sensor loop in an array of sensor loops and for interchangeably assigning alarm outputs for each of the sensor loops. When the alarm control center senses an alarm condition on one of the sensor loops, the alarm control center increases the scanning rate for that particular sensor loop to verify the alarm condition.

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Upper Saddle River, NJ, United States of America

Edward M Ulicki