US 12,075,144 B2
Method and system for a trail camera with modular Fresnel lenses
Benjamin Stern, Holmen, WI (US); Garrison Peel, Caledonia, MN (US); and Jeff Peel, Decorah, IA (US)
Assigned to DEER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, LLC, Caledonia, MN (US)
Filed by Tactacam LLC, Caledonia, MN (US)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/990,479.
Application 17/990,479 is a continuation of application No. 17/192,642, filed on Mar. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,509,802.
Prior Publication US 2023/0079038 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 23/55 (2023.01); G01J 5/00 (2022.01); G03B 17/56 (2021.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01); G02B 3/08 (2006.01); G02B 7/14 (2021.01); H02S 99/00 (2014.01); H04B 1/3827 (2015.01)
CPC H04N 23/55 (2023.01) [G01J 5/0025 (2013.01); G03B 17/561 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); H04N 7/188 (2013.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01); G02B 3/08 (2013.01); G02B 7/14 (2013.01); H02S 99/00 (2013.01); H04B 1/3827 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera system, comprising:
a camera comprising a visible sensor, a first lens, a second lens, an infrared sensor, a wireless transceiver, and a processor, wherein the first lens is operable to provide the visible sensor with a visible field-of-view, wherein the second lens is operable to provide the infrared sensor with a sensor field-of-view in which infrared light in the sensor field-of-view is directed to the infrared sensor, and wherein the camera is configured to permit replacing the second lens with a third lens operable to provide the infrared sensor with a different sensor field-of-view than the sensor field-of-view provided by the second lens; and
an external device configured to wirelessly update one or more parameters of the camera via the wireless transceiver, wherein the one or more parameters are related to motion detection capabilities of the infrared sensor; and
wherein, after receiving the one or more parameters, the processor is configured to place the camera in a low power mode in which the visible sensor and the wireless transceiver are placed in a standby mode and the infrared sensor remains active; and
wherein the infrared sensor is configured to:
detect motion in the sensor field-of-view while the visible sensor and wireless transceiver are in the standby mode; and
cause, in response to detected motion in the sensor field-of-view, the visible sensor to begin recording images; and
wherein the external device is configured to:
provide the camera with a first identifier that instructs the processor that the second lens is present and providing the infrared sensor with its sensor field-of-view; and
provide the camera with a second identifier that instructs the processor that the third lens is present and providing the infrared sensor with its sensor field-of-view.