Patent ID: 7180547

Claim:
A camera platform assembly adapted to carry a camera and to control the angular position of the camera, comprising: a control base adapted to receive control signal for controlling the position of a camera carried on the camera platform assembly; a rotary table coupled to said control base for free rotation to adjust the position of a camera carried on the camera platform assembly, said rotary table comprising a barrel fixedly located on a top side thereof, and a plurality of locating grooves axially formed in the barrel of said rotary table and arranged in parallel; and a movable rack coupled to said rotary table and adapted to hold a camera and to adjust the angle of inclination of the camera carried thereon, said movable rack comprising a base frame, said base frame comprising two barrels axially aligned in a line at two sides of the barrel of said rotary table and a plurality of locating grooves axially formed in one barrel of said movable rack and arranged in parallel corresponding to the locating grooves of said rotary table, a control shaft inserted into the barrels of said movable rack and the barrel of said rotary table to pivotally secure said base frame to the barrel of said rotary table and axially movable relative to the barrels of said base frame and the barrel of said rotary table between a first position to lock said base frame and a second position to unlock said base frame for enabling said base frame to be turned relative to said rotary table, said control shaft having a plurality of longitudinal teeth arranged in parallel around the periphery thereof and adapted to engage the locating grooves of said base frame and the locating grooves of said rotary table, a holder frame mounted on said base frame and adapted to accommodate a camera, and a locking member pivoted to said base frame and adapted to lock said holder frame.