Patent ID: 7217044

Claim:
A camera system comprising: a pole, said pole having a camera end and an actuator end; a camera mount assembly mounted to said camera end of said pole for mounting of a camera; and an actuator mounted to said actuator end of said pole to move said camera; wherein said camera mount assembly comprises: a pole base mounted to said camera end of said pole; a camera base for mounting of said camera; a link connected between said pole base and said camera base to allow rotation of said camera base about said pole base; a tendon cable attached between said actuator and said camera base to pull on said camera base and rotate said camera base about said pole base; a spring inside said pole base and said camera base, said spring interconnecting said pole base and said camera base, said spring acting as a return, whereby said spring stretches when said tendon pulls on said camera base and recoils to pull said camera base back to an original position when said tendon cable is released from pulling on said camera base.