Patent ID: 7663662

Claim:
A camera system comprising: a camera housing; a first infrared camera, secured within the camera housing, adapted to provide a wide field of view; a second infrared camera, secured within the camera housing, adapted to provide a narrow field of view centered within the wide field of view of the first infrared camera; a third camera, secured within the camera housing, adapted to provide images covering a visible portion of an electromagnetic spectrum, wherein the third camera provides a field of view centered and fixed within the wide field of view of the first infrared camera and within the narrow field of view of the second infrared camera; an interface circuit, secured within the camera housing, adapted to receive image data from the first infrared camera, the second infrared camera, and the third camera and provide the image data as network data streams to a network; wherein the camera housing encloses the first and second infrared cameras, the third camera, and the interface circuit and forms a first camera system, and wherein a processor coupled to the network is able to receive the network data streams from one or more of the first camera systems to select from among the network data streams to store and/or display the corresponding image data; and means for moving the camera housing.