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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert O. Ambrose, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Metrica, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/700 ; G03B 2/900 ; G03B 3/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/700 ; G03B 2/900 ; G03B 3/500 ;
Abstract
A two degree of freedom camera mount. The camera mount includes a socket, a ball, a first linkage and a second linkage. The socket includes an interior surface and an opening. The ball is positioned within an interior of the socket. The ball includes a coupling point for rotating the ball relative to the socket and an aperture for mounting a camera. The first and second linkages are rotatably connected to the socket and slidably connected to the coupling point of the ball. Rotation of the linkages with respect to the socket causes the ball to rotate with respect to the socket.