Controlling movement of video surveillance cameras
CA 2346157 A1 · Owner: Sensormatic Electronics Corporation · Inventors: Willard, Alan E.; Ely, Reuel, Andrew; Nelson, Robert
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A method for moving and controlling a video surveillance camera comprises the steps of supporting a video surveillance camera (26) for tilting movement about mutually perpendicular axes; transforming tilt and pan commands into angular movement commands; rotating the camera about the mutually perpendicular axes responsive to the angular movement commands the video , camera having a substantially hemispherical field of view as the camera is pivoted about the axes and the video camera generating a picture which is inverted relative to true horizontal over a portion of the field of view; automatically rotating the picture to substantially right-side-up orientation whenever necessary, …
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- Filed October 14, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 14, 2019.
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