Title:
監視カメラ装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4141771
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
Herein disclosed is a surveillance c amera apparatus (1) which comprises a camera unit (2), a camera retaining assembly (3) for retaining the camera unit (2), a camera checking unit (13) for checking whether or not the camera unit (2) is normally operated, a camera driving unit (14) for driving the camera unit (2) to be moved in a surveillance area where the camera unit (2) performs a surveillance operation, and a non-surveillance area where the camera unit (2) performs no surveillance operation, and where the camera unit (2) is capable of being checked, a light emitting unit (20) designed to assume two different states consisting of a first state under which the light emitting unit (20) emits the light, and a second state under which the light emitting unit (20) stops emitting the light, a state setting unit (21) for setting the light emitting unit (20) to selectively assume the first and second states, and a drive control unit (22) for controlling the camera driving unit (14), the drive control unit (22) being operative to assume a first operation state under which the camera unit (2) is driven to be moved within the surveillance area, and a second operation state under which the camera unit (2) is driven to be moved into engagement with the state setting unit (21) in the non-surveillance area to allow the light emitting unit (20) to emit the light to have the camera unit (2) take the image of the light, and the camera checking unit (13) being operative to check the camera unit (2) based on the image of the light.
Inventors:
Joji Wada
Application Number:
JP2002260273A
Publication Date:
August 27, 2008
Filing Date:
September 05, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd
International Classes:
G03B15/00; H04N5/225; F16M11/12; G03B11/00; G03B17/56; G08B13/196; G08B29/04; H04N5/222; H04N7/18; H04N17/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP10341370A | ||||
| JP5068186A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Gunichiro Ariga