Patent ID: 7583289

Claim:
An optical block for a closed circuit television camera, comprising a folded light path optical block assembly configured for use in a closed circuit television assembly; wherein said folded light path optical block assembly comprises a light gathering lens at a front end of said optical block assembly and an image sensor at a back end of said optical block assembly; wherein said folded light path optical block assembly is configured to transmit light along two or more linear light paths between said light gathering lens and said image sensor; and wherein said folded light path optical block is configured to rotate about at least one rotational axis, said at least one rotational axis intersecting a space having an outermost periphery defined between light bending points located at the intersection of adjacent longitudinal axes of said linear light paths, and the point of intersection of the longitudinal axis of one of said initial linear light paths with said front end of said assembly and the point of intersection of the longitudinal axis of one other of said linear light paths with said back end of said assembly.