Patent ID: 9605795
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: F16M,G03B,H04N

Claim:
1. An apparatus comprising: a roll axis assembly to mount directly with, and adjacent to, a camera such that an optical axis of the camera is coincident with a roll axis of the apparatus, wherein the roll axis assembly includes a roll motor coincident with the roll axis of the apparatus, the roll motor to rotate the camera about the roll axis, wherein the roll motor is directly physically coupled with, and adjacent to, the roll axis assembly; a pan and tilt axis assembly coupled with the roll axis assembly, the pan and tilt axis assembly to rotate the camera around a second axis of the apparatus that is perpendicular to the roll axis of the apparatus and also perpendicular to a camera mounting plate; and a third axis assembly removably coupled with the pan and tilt axis assembly, wherein the third axis assembly includes: wherein the apparatus is to transition from a normal mode such that the handle and the roll axis assembly are oriented horizontally with respect to one another to a suitcase mode such that the handle and the roll axis assembly are oriented vertically with respect to one another; and wherein the roll axis assembly and the pan and tilt axis assembly are to rotate the camera about the roll axis and a pan axis without rotation about the tilt axis when the third axis assembly is decoupled from the pan and tilt axis assembly and the pan and tilt axis assembly is positioned vertically underneath the camera mounting plate.