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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2009
Patrick J. Bennett, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Garret Cook, Tulsa, OK (US);
Matthew R. Jones, Garland, TX (US);
Kaveh Ashenayi, Tulsa, OK (US);
Michael F. Henry, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Alexander Macdonald, North Las Vegas, NV (US);
Patrick J. Bennett, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Garret Cook, Tulsa, OK (US);
Matthew R. Jones, Garland, TX (US);
Kaveh Ashenayi, Tulsa, OK (US);
Michael F. Henry, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Alexander MacDonald, North Las Vegas, NV (US);
Actioncam. LLC, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Abstract
An aerial camera system including a plurality of main reels, a camera interface/safety reel and a stabilized camera head. The camera head is supported from main cables from the main reels with a safety reel cable providing power, data and video communication between the camera head and a main computer system. Each of the main reels, the camera interface/safety reel and the camera head are in communication with the main computer system, which controls the feeding and reeling in of the main cables. Further, the computer system controls the feeding and reeling in of the safety reel cable, which typically only follows the camera head as it moves in three-dimensional space, but may in emergency mode support the weight of the camera head and be used to slowly pull the camera head up and out of the way so that it does not interfere with any activity below the flight area. The aerial camera system may also include a level wind assembly that keeps the cables wound on the drum of the main reels and/or the safety reel in a controlled and consistent manner. Furthermore, the camera head of the aerial camera system may use a rotating gimbal assembly with computer controlled leveling motors for keeping the camera head level as the gimbal assembly moves.