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EP 0488776 A2 19920603 - Compact monitor camera.

Title (en)

Compact monitor camera.

Title (de)

Kompakte Überwachungskamera.

Title (fr)

Caméra compacte de surveillance.

Publication

EP 0488776 A2 19920603 (EN)

Application

EP 91311101 A 19911129

Priority

JP 33977790 A 19901130

Abstract (en)

A compact monitor camera includes a camera unit (3) and a peripheral circuit unit (4) both of which are mounted on a single base plate (2) and the camera unit (3) is supported by the base plate (2) rotatably about a predetermined axis to make the field of view of a lens (12) thereof regulatable. The monitor camera can be mounted at any position with a simple means with the camera unit (3) being in any arbitray attitude. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

G08B 15/00

IPC 8 full level

G03B 17/56 (2006.01); G08B 13/196 (2006.01); G08B 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G08B 13/19619 (2013.01); G08B 13/1963 (2013.01); G08B 13/19632 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0488776 A2 19920603; EP 0488776 A3 19930505; JP H0541824 A 19930219

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 91311101 A 19911129; JP 30977491 A 19911029