Patent ID: 9503618
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: F16M,F16P,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A camera system for safeguarding an automated installation arranged in a space area, the camera system comprising: an integrally formed unitary system body having formed therein a first, a second and a third receptacle, which define a fixed triangle of receptacles, a first camera unit arranged in the first receptacle, a second camera unit arranged in the second receptacle, and a third camera unit arranged in the third receptacle, and a mounting part for aligning the system body relative to the space area, wherein each of the first camera unit, the second camera unit and the third camera unit comprises: an image sensor, a component carrier on which the image sensor is fastened, a number of optical elements which form an imaging optics, an objective body on which the optical elements are fixedly arranged, and a carrier ring, with the image sensor being directly mounted onto the component carrier and without a sensor housing, with the objective body comprising an integrally formed unitary component having a mounting flange via which the objective body is accurately positioned and fastened in one of said first, second, or third receptacles, so that each of said first, second and third camera units is positioned in a predetermined position in said unitary system body relative to the other camera units, with the carrier ring comprising at least one conical aligning pin, with the component carrier being fastened to the objective body via the at least one conical aligning pin, and with the objective body being fastened in an accurately fitting fashion on the carrier ring, so that the image sensor is positioned in a predetermined position relative to said optical elements.