Patent ID: 8508594

Claim:
A camera system comprising: a support housing configured to be embedded in the surface of a track; a camera housing coupleable to the support housing and including a domed upper surface and a bottom surface, the camera housing having a window positioned in a recessed area of the domed upper surface and a cavity defined in the bottom surface in a central location of the bottom surface; wherein the recess area of the domed upper surface has a generally wedge shape and is defined by a bottom wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, and a back wall, the window of the camera housing being positioned in the back wall; wherein the camera housing includes a port defined in the domed upper surface, the port including an opening pointed toward the window; further comprising a conduit positioned in the port and an actuator operable to rotate the camera housing with respect to the support housing to move the camera housing to different camera angles; and a high definition camera secured to the camera housing and comprising: an adaptor comprising (i) a base plate secured to the bottom surface of the camera housing and (ii) a post extending upwardly from the base plate and received in the cavity defined in the bottom surface of the camera housing; a lens assembly comprising (i) a mounting plate secured to the base plate of the adaptor, (ii) a camera lens extending upwardly through a passageway of the post of the adaptor such that the camera lens is positioned in the cavity of the bottom surface of the camera housing and directed toward the domed upper surface, and (ii) a locking ring having an internal first passageway through which the camera lens is received and a second passageway housing a fastener engagable to lock a focus of the camera lens in the first passageway and disengagable to allow adjustment of the focus of the camera lens; and a mirror assembly comprising (i) a mirror housing secured to a distal end of the post of the adaptor, the mirror housing including a rotatably adjustable mirror support and (ii) a mirror received in the mirror support and positioned in the cavity of the bottom surface of the camera housing to redirect a field of view of the camera lens through the window of the camera housing.