Television – Special applications – Observation of or from a specific location
Reexamination Certificate
2011-02-22
2011-02-22
Ometz, David L (Department: 2622)
Television
Special applications
Observation of or from a specific location
C348S373000, C348S374000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07893958
ABSTRACT:
A video recorder which can be mounted on a surface, such as a windshield, on a vehicle, such as an automobile, for creating and recording images in response to a triggering event, such as a sudden deceleration, includes a housing which can be fixedly mounted onto the surface of the vehicle and a printed circuit board mounted inside the housing for rotational movement freely about its longitudinal axis. A camera is fixedly mounted onto the printed circuit board at right angles thereto. An inertia switch also mounted on the printed circuit board activates the camera for a predetermined time period when deceleration of a predetermined value is sensed. A pair of batteries, one on each side of the printed circuit board serve as counter weights to maintain the printed circuit board approximately vertical and the camera horizontal when the vehicle is on a horizontal surface and printed circuit board is in its “at rest” position regardless of the angular orientation of the surface of the vehicle on which the video recorder is mounted. A clutch couples a disk fixedly mounted on one end of the printed circuit board to the housing to lock the printed circuit board at its “at rest” portion. The pair of batteries on the printed circuit board also provide electrical power to the video recorder.
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Bemben Richard
Ometz David L
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