Streetlight camera
US11365879B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 6, 2019 |
| Grant date | Jun 21, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 6, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF21W2131/103
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A camera can have a mounting socket configured to connect to a photodetector switch port of a streetlight for mechanically supporting a housing, a power supply receiving power from the port and an optical image sensor and lens arrangement mounted in the camera housing. A camera can have an optical image sensor and lens arrangement, a memory unit to store optical image data and a microcontroller unit to process optical image data. The camera can use a wireless network communications interface to communicate the optical image data by forming a network among similar wireless network communications interfaces from neighboring streetlight cameras.
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