Security camera system with multi-directional mount and method of operation
US11288937B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 21, 2017 |
| Grant date | Mar 29, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 3, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K7/10623
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A security camera system includes a base unit and sensor modules for generating image data. The base unit includes several mounting sockets arranged at different elevational and azimuthal directions around the base unit, and the sensor modules attach, for example, magnetically, to the mounting sockets. Each mounting socket includes a socket ID, which is used to stitch together the image data from different sensor modules. The security camera system is capable of automatic detection of the location of the sensor modules, as the socket IDs for the mounting sockets to which the sensor modules are attached are identified by various means including readable indicia and reader modules including optical codes and readers, membrane switches, optical sensors, and radio-frequency identification tags and readers.
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