Patent ID: 8256726
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: F16M,G03B

Abstract:
1. A support head for video-photographic apparatuses, comprising a base which can be fastened to a support structure of said head, a platform fixed rotatably to said base about an axis of rotation (X), a slide provided with attaching means for attaching said camera, the slide being removably associable with said platform in such a way as to be slidable along a positioning direction (Y), and a locking device for locking said slide on said platform in a desired position (P), further comprising a positioning system for positioning said slide on said platform, the positioning system being provided with generating means for generating a signal which is variable along said positioning direction (Y) and is correlated with said position (P), and detector means which can detect said signal, said generating means for generating a variable signal being configured in such a way that a specific value of said detected signal corresponds in a unique way to a specified position (P) of said slide on said platform along said positioning direction (Y), said positioning system further comprising a storing device for storing one or more values of said detected signal in order to store said position (P) of said slide on said platform.