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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gordon M Melby, Blaine, MN (US);
Paul Cobian, Woodbury, MN (US);
Assignee:
ADDCO, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
396427 ; 396428 ;
Abstract
A pan/tilt device consists of a pan motor and a tilt motor on a motor mount structure, a camera mount structure rotatable by the pan motor about the pan axis, a camera bracket on the camera mount structure rotatable by the tilt motor along the tilt axis. A pair of concentric drive shafts extend from the motor mount structure to the camera mount structure to accomplish the pan and tilt functions. The pan/tilt device is capable of remote operation over a computer network.