Patent ID: 6965411
Filing Date: 2005-11-15
Classification: F16M,H04N

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for remotely tilting and panning a camera head fixed to a boom, said apparatus comprising, in combination: a) a first and a second pressure-actuated positioner, each of said positioners including an elongated, output shaft rotatable with respect to an outer housing; b) said shafts of said positioners being vertically and orthogonally disposed with respect to one another by means of a bracket having one end fixed to the outer housing of said first positioner and an opposed end fixed to the outer housing of said second positioner so that said output shafts define orthogonal tilt and pan axes; c) means for directly coupling said output shaft of said first positioner to said boom so that said outer housing of said positioner and bracket rotate through a pan angle in response to rotation of said output shaft of said first positioner relative to said outer housing; and d) means for directly coupling said output shaft of said second positioner to said camera head so that said camera head rotates through a tilt angle in response to rotation of said output shaft of said second positioner and rotates through said pan angle in response to rotation of said outer housing of said first positioner.