Modular camera with expandable or interchangeable functionalities
CA 2111872 C · Owner: Jenkins, Paul Tom · Inventors: Jenkins, Paul Tom; Prince, Daryl; Chamberlain, Savvas Georgiou
Overview
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An electronically and mechanically expandable camera in which a tubular metal casing (10) having removable front (11) and back (12) plates has a CCD image sensor (17) mounted on a secondary front plate (23) removable received within the casing for a direct thermal path to the casing. A driver board (13) is removably receivable at a position between the secondary front plate (23) and the back plate (12). A logic board (18) is removably receivable at a position between the driver board (13) and the back plate (12). The camera's functions may be expanded or altered by adding option electronic board (19) modules between the logic board (18) and the back plate (12) of the camera or by …
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- Filed August 5, 1992 and granted April 28, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 5, 2012.
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