Patent ID: 9154673
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: F16M,G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A camera transport device for movingly supporting a camera from a suspension line, comprising: a cart module releasably engaged with a line, the cart module having at least two cart wheels engaged with the line, the at least two cart wheels disposed over the line; a motor transportation module having at least one fly wheel engaged with the line, the at least one fly wheel disposed under the line and between the at least two cart wheels, the at least one fly wheel and aligned with the at least two cart wheels, the at least one fly wheel electrically coupled to and driven by a first motor; a pan/tilt module having a frame, the frame having a panning assembly and a tilting assembly, the panning assembly releasably and rotatably coupled to a bottom side of the cart and the tilting assembly pivotably coupled to a lower portion of the panning assembly; and at least one gear train drivingly connected to the motor transportation module, the at least one gear train configured to rotate the panning assembly around a vertical axis of the frame and pivot the tilting assembly around in a first lateral direction and a second lateral direction relative to the frame, wherein rotating the panning assembly provides a panning effect during operation of the camera and pivoting the tilting assembly provides a tilting effect during operation of the camera, wherein the cart module is an open configuration cart module configured to provide an unrestricted path for the line to engage with the cart wheels, the open configuration cart module comprising a base and at least two vertically extending arms, the at least two vertically extending arms aligned parallel to a cart longitudinal axis at a first longitudinal edge of the open configuration cart module, the at least two cart wheels rotatably attached at distal ends of the at least two arms relative to the base, and wherein the at least two vertically extending arms are disposed between the at least two cart wheels and the motor transportation module, and a second longitudinal edge of the open configuration cart is open, the second longitudinal edge on an opposite side of the open configuration cart module relative to the first longitudinal edge.