A camera support apparatus, for supporting a video camera, comprises a drive train means 1 having a rotational input device, e.g. input motor 4, which drives, via a belt 8, a pulley 7 that rotates a friction drive element 9 which is coupled to toothed gear wheel 10 fixed to rotational output means, e.g. fixing plate 11. A first inductive position sensor 23, 14 is attached to the fixing plate 11 of the toothed gear whee10, and a second inductive position sensor 2, 3 is attached to the input motor 4, whereby inductance sensed by the first position sensor 23, 14 is indicative of a rotational displacement of the fixing plate 11 and the inductance sensed by the second position sensor 2, 3 is indicative of the rotational displacement of the input motor 4. The support may be part of a pan and tilt head or it may be incorporated in a manual or robotic pedestal apparatus or a crane.
A camera support apparatus
2017-06-07
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | F16H Getriebe , GEARING / B66F HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING, OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD , Hub-, Verhol- oder Schubvorrichtungen, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen, z.B. Vorrichtungen mit unmittelbarer Krafteinwirkung auf die Last / F16M Rahmen, Gehäuse oder Grundplatten von Kraftmaschinen oder anderen Maschinen oder von Apparaten, nicht auf eine besondere Art von Maschine oder Apparat eingeschränkt, die anderweitig vorgesehen ist , FRAMES, CASINGS, OR BEDS, OF ENGINES OR OTHER MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO AN ENGINE, MACHINE, OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE |
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