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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. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 17/00 (2006.01); G03B 11/04 (2006.01); G03B 11/00 (2006.01); G08B 13/196 (2006.01); G03B 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 11/045 (2013.01); G03B 11/00 (2013.01); G03B 11/043 (2013.01); G03B 17/02 (2013.01); G08B 13/1963 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dome camera includes a spherical cover, a camera lens provided inside the spherical cover and a darkening unit arranged between the spherical cover and the camera lens so as to partially block light entering the camera lens and to suppress image quality deterioration. The camera lens is rotatable in a tilt direction, and when a tilt angle of the camera lens exceeds a predetermined threshold angle, the darkening unit is inserted between the spherical cover and the camera lens.