Patent ID: 7724280
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: G08B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A dual surveillance camera system comprising: a) a first camera adapted for recording images under a first type of illumination; b) a second camera adapted for recording images under a second type of illumination; c) a first illuminator for providing the first type of illumination; d) a second illuminator for providing the second type of illumination; e) a first compartment having a first translucent viewing pane and containing the first camera and the second illuminator; f) a second compartment having a second translucent viewing pane and containing the second camera and the first illuminator; in which the first and second compartments are separated from each other by an opaque wall preventing light from the first illuminator originating in the second compartment from reflecting off the second translucent pane directly to the first camera and preventing light from the second illuminator originating in the first compartment from reflecting off the first translucent pane directly to the second camera.