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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2007
Shao-tsu Kung, Taipei, TW;
Po-an Lin, Taipei, TW;
Wen-yi Huang, Taipei, TW;
Compal Electronics, Inc., Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A rotatable camera has a lens unit comprising a photographing head and an oblique driving shaft arranged in oblique position with the photographing head, a bearing support for pivotally mounting the photographing head inside, a motor and a driving gear set driven by the motor to in turn drive the oblique driving shaft to generate rotating motion, when the oblique shaft is in rotating motion, the photographing head of the lens unit immediately rotates and changes the angle of photographing so that the rotatable camera employs only a single motor to drive the photographing head of the lens unit to rapidly move to the direction to be monitored, particularly, due to no time delay any corners shall be monitored by the rotatable camera.