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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2017
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Gunter Niemeyer, Pasadena, CA (US);
Miquel Angel Farre Guiu, Bern, CH;
Vince Roberts, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Anthony Accardo, Glendale, CA (US);
Michael Holton, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Abstract
An embodiment provides a motorized monopole for a camera, including: a hand-held monopole; a first motor positioned at an end of the hand-held monopole; a first connecting element attached to the first motor; a second motor positioned at an end of the first connecting element; a second connecting element attached to the second motor; a third motor positioned at an end of the second connecting element; and a camera mounting plate attached to the second connecting element by the third motor, where components of the multi-axis gimbal are positioned such that a camera viewing axis, a horizontal image axis, and a vertical image axis of a camera mounted on the camera mounting plate need not be aligned with any of a rotational axis of the first motor, a rotational axis of the second motor, or a rotational axis of the third motor. Other aspects are described and claimed.