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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2018
Johnson Controls Tyco Ip Holdings Llp, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Steven W. Schieltz, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Channing Everet Miller, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Patrick Siu, Tyngsborough, MA (US);
Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A camera system is disclosed that enables movement in the pan and tilt directions while maintaining a level image when wall or ceiling mounted. The camera system includes one or more motors to pan or tilt the camera, but does not include a motor to rotate the camera image. The camera system can have a wall-mounted or ceiling-mounted configuration, with the pan axis of the camera in the vertical direction. In this way, movements in the pan or tilt direction of the camera maintain the level image, thereby avoiding any need to rotate the camera. For example, the camera system may include a support body and a camera subsystem, which includes the camera. The position of the support body relative to the camera may be different in the wall-mounted configuration versus the ceiling-mounted configuration; however, in both configurations, the camera can have its pan axis in the vertical direction.