US 12,445,702 B2
Camera module
Kersten Kaiser, Rothenburg o. d. Tauber (DE); Christoph Luckhardt, Rothenburg o. d. Tauber (DE); Herbert Krug, Neustadt an der Aisch (DE); and Heinz Sigler, Rothenburg o. d. Tauber (DE)
Assigned to Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag, Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/910,540
Filed by ELECTROLUX APPLIANCES AKTIEBOLAG, Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Mar. 4, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/055426
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/180554, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20161943 (EP), filed on Mar. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0131893 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/53 (2023.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/65 (2023.01); H04N 23/66 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/531 (2023.01) [H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/65 (2023.01); H04N 23/66 (2023.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Camera module for use in a household environment comprising plural household appliances, the camera module comprising:
a camera;
control circuitry configured to control operation of the camera module and to generate a data signal from images picked up by the camera;
a transmitter configured for wireless transmission of the data signal;
a power supply configured to power the camera module;
a housing accommodating the aforementioned components; and
fixation means provided at the housing configured to removably mount the camera module selectively at any of the plural household appliances.