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Surveillance camera

US12394289B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 24, 2024
Grant dateAug 19, 2025
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Expiry dateApr 24, 2044

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B2217/002
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A camera assembly may include a camera and one or more heat sinks configured to dissipate heat generated by the camera. The heat sinks being in thermal contact with a printed circuit board including the camera. A housing of the camera assembly may be configured to maintain the camera in a fixed position while the camera assembly is mounted on a medical device such as a dispensing cabinet. The camera in the fixed position may have a deterministic field of view that includes a first area in which interactions with the medical device and adjacent medical devices occurs or is expected to occur. The deterministic field of view of the camera may further exclude a second area where surveillance is unsuitable, prohibited, and/or unnecessary. Images captured by the camera may be analyzed to detect anomalous behavior such as diversion, medical error, hazardous behavior, and protocol noncompliance.

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