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Manual control system for camera mountings

US5729108A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 8, 1995
Grant dateMar 17, 1998
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Expiry dateDec 8, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05G2009/04762
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a camera mounting (11) providing a number of axes of movement for a camera supported on the mounting with a motor drive for each axis. A manually operable control system is provided for the motorized drives having a control member (16) and means operable in response to forces applied manually to the control member in the direction of the respective axes to energize the corresponding motor drive or drives for the mounting to produce movement of the mounting proportional to the force applied in the or each axis.

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