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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Axis Ab, Lund, SE;
Inventors:
Carl-Axel Alm, Lund, SE;
Viktor Gustafsson, Lund, SE;
Stefan Lundberg, Lund, SE;
Mikael Persson, Malmo, SE;
Assignee:
AXIS AB, Lund, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2253 (2013.01); H04N 5/2252 (2013.01);
Abstract
A monitoring camera includes a camera lens, an image sensor, and a housing enclosing the image sensor. The housing encloses a volume of Phase Changing Material (PCM) having the characteristic of not beginning a phase change until its temperature rises above a predetermined phase changing temperature. The phase changing temperature is in the range of 20-80 degrees Celsius, and the PCM is arranged to enclose the camera lens.