Patent ID: 7283155

Claim:
A camera actuator system comprising: a support block having a front face, rear face and two cable holes; at least one camera support leg attached to and extending forward from said support block, said at least one camera support leg each having a rear end attached to said support block and a front end extending away from said support block; a camera rotatably attached to said at least one camera support leg near said front end of said at least one camera support leg; a front tilt pulley attached to said camera such that rotation of said front tilt pulley rotates said camera about said at least one camera support leg; a motor; a drive shaft having a rear end connected to said motor and a front end extending up into and through a shaft hole in said support block; a stop collar attached to said front end of said drive shaft, said stop collar including a drive shaft stop; at least one tilt stop attached to and extending forward of said front face of said support block, said at least one tilt stop positioned on said support block such that said drive shaft stop contacts said at least one tilt stop; a rear tilt pulley mounted to said drive shaft below said rear face of said support block; a cable routed from said rear tilt pulley, through one of said cable holes of said support block, around said front tilt pulley, through an other of said cable holes of said support block and back to said rear tilt pulley, said cable fixed to said front and rear tilt pulleys; a mounting surface between said motor and said support block; a rear pan stop fixed to said mounting surface between said mounting surface and said support block; a front pan stop extending downward from said support block, said pan stop plate positioned to contact said rear pan stop at some point of rotation of said support block to stop rotation of said support block due to contact.