Television – Special applications – Underwater
Patent
1998-11-05
2000-08-01
Le, Vu
Television
Special applications
Underwater
348 61, 348373, 348374, H04N 718, H04N 947
Patent
active
060974249
ABSTRACT:
A modular submersible video viewing system. The system includes a viewing monitor, multi-conductor cable and camera that store at a portable housing and deploy for underwater viewing. The camera can be submersed for stationary viewing, towed from a watercraft or manipulated with an operator pole. The camera can be secured with clips or bottom support plates in various orientations or be secured to a swivel coupler and steering guide and/or pole. A rudder, ballast weight (with or without a keel), lens' sunshield, lights and/or lenses and filters are optionally mountable to the camera. In one portable assembly, a cable spool mounts to a carry case that stores the system components. In another portable assembly, the viewing monitor, battery and attendant control circuitry are mounted in a monitor housing having an integral sunshield. A handle and a pair of cable wrap arms contain the cable. A recess at the monitor housing supports the camera. The housing can be supported on the floor or from a wall bracket to permit viewing through the sunshield. In another portable assembly, the sunshield can be detached from the housing.
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Capra Anthony L.
Zernov Jeffrey P.
Le Vu
Nature Vision, Inc.
Tschida D. L.
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