Patent ID: 7292281

Claim:
A monitoring camera with a far infrared capability comprising: a cylindrical body having a longitudinal axis; a front end having an outer threaded periphery; a telephoto lens; and a funnel-channel rim mounted co-axially on the front end in front of the telephoto lens at the longitudinal axis; a lens hood detachably mounted on the cylindrical body, being a hollow cylinder and having an inner periphery; an inner segment having a constant inner diameter, a tapered outer surface and a threaded inner periphery that screws onto the outer threaded periphery of the cylindrical body; an outer segment having a constant outer diameter, a constant inner diameter and an inner threaded periphery larger than the inner threaded periphery of the inner segment; and an inner flange formed on the inner periphery of the lens hood between the inner segment and the outer segment, that extends radially inward and has a through hole through which the funnel-channel rim passes; a luminous body mounted inside the outer segment of the lens hood and comprising an annular circuit board with a front face and a rear face; and multiple far infrared light emitting diodes (LEDs) mounted on the front face of the annular circuit board ( 31 ); and a lens cover being an annular cylinder, detachably mounted in the outer segment of the lens hood and having a front end; a rear threaded end that screws into the inner threaded periphery of the lens hood and abuts the front face of the annular circuit board to hold the luminous body in the monitoring camera; and a clear filter having a front surface.