US 11,722,755 B2
Dual-head dome camera
Andreas Hertzman, Lund (SE); Åke Södergård, Lund (SE); and Magnus Ainetoft, Lund (SE)
Assigned to Axis AB, Lund (SE)
Filed by Axis AB, Lund (SE)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/29,319.
Claims priority of application No. 19199897 (EP), filed on Sep. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0099619 A1, Apr. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/51 (2023.01) [H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dome camera, comprising:
a base for mounting the dome camera to a surface;
two camera heads arranged along a straight line on the base;
a dome cover arranged over the camera heads and the base; and
a bracket arranged beneath the dome cover;
wherein:
the dome cover has two dome-shaped sections, each section covering a camera head, and a center section joining the dome-shaped sections,
the center section is located approximately half-way between the two camera heads and has a maximum height with respect to the base that is lower than the maximum height of the dome-shaped sections,
the dome cover is formed in a single piece,
the bracket is mounted inside the center section of the dome cover and is attached to the base, and
each camera head is configured to move around a pan axis and a tilt axis, respectively, the pan axis and tilt axis intersecting at a point that is located at an equal distance from any point of the dome-shaped section covering the camera head, whereby optical aberrations and distortions of images captured by the camera head are minimized.