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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 11, 2017
Applicant:

Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:

Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 17/56 (2006.01); F16M 11/18 (2006.01); F16M 11/10 (2006.01); F16M 11/20 (2006.01); F16M 13/00 (2006.01); F16M 13/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 17/561 (2013.01); F16M 11/10 (2013.01); F16M 11/18 (2013.01); F16M 11/2071 (2013.01); F16M 13/00 (2013.01); F16M 13/04 (2013.01); F16M 2200/041 (2013.01); F16M 2200/044 (2013.01); G03B 17/563 (2013.01); G03B 17/566 (2013.01);
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.


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