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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Emergent Systems Corporation, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Sanjay Dhall, Canton, MI (US);
Nathaniel Jachim, Detroit, MI (US);
Assignee:
Emergent Systems Corporation, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 17/02 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 17/56 (2006.01); G03B 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 17/02 (2013.01); G03B 15/006 (2013.01); G03B 17/561 (2013.01); H04N 5/2252 (2013.01); H04N 5/2253 (2013.01); H04N 5/23216 (2013.01); H04N 5/23296 (2013.01);
Abstract
A camera includes a primary housing that has a cylindrical exterior surface and an opening located at a front end. The camera also includes a rotatable housing that has a spherical exterior surface and an aperture, where the rotatable housing is disposed in the opening of the primary housing and is rotatably mounted to the primary housing. The camera also includes an image sensor that is located in the rotatable housing for rotation in unison with the rotatable housing, where the image sensor receives light through the aperture of the rotatable housing.