US 12,388,959 B2
Underwater camera system
Alex Cutri, Melbourne (AU); Sugan Shrestha, Melbourne (AU); Matthew Harrison, Melbourne (AU); and Thanh Le, Melbourne (AU)
Assigned to UAM Tec Pty Ltd, Port Melbourne (AU)
Appl. No. 18/040,461
Filed by UAM Tec Pty Ltd, Melbourne (AU)
PCT Filed Aug. 5, 2021, PCT No. PCT/AU2021/050857
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 3, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/027102, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 10, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020902751 (AU), filed on Aug. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0291873 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H02J 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 7/183 (2013.01) [H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01); H02J 1/00 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An underwater camera system comprising:
(a) a camera system mountable on a diver and having:
(i) a camera; and
(ii) a light;
(b) a power system for powering the camera and the light;
(c) a visual image capture system for capturing images by way of the camera and light;
(d) an optical fiber and power line connecting the underwater wearable camera system on the diver to a remote station providing for power and communication and visual image transfer therebetween; and
(e) wherein the power system is a DC system which includes a storage on a tethered remote station at 12 volts and a step-up transformation to a higher voltage for transmission and loss over the power line to the diver and a transformation at the diver to a safe usable 12-volt system.