Patent ID: 6621518
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A video surveillance system comprising:an elongated tubular housing, said housing having an elongated planar back wall, a pair of spaced elongated side walls, and an elongated front wall extending between said side walls, said front wall having a portion lying in a plane oblique with respect to a plane of the back wall, said back, front and side walls forming an interior chamber in said housing, said housing having an opening in said portion of said front wall, a video camera having a lens, said video camera being mounted in said housing chamber so that said camera lens is aligned with said housing opening, said camera producing an output signal representative of the video picture at said camera lens, a transparent shield secured to said portion of said housing front wall along the length of said housing, wherein said shield is tinted to thereby visually obscure the camera lens from a position exterior to said housing, wherein said housing is adapted to be mounted to a stationary building, wherein said housing is dimensioned so that said housing extends along the length of the building and simulates a decorative molding strip.