System and method for sensor adjustment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9973665-B2
Application number	US-201514982124-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 29, 2015
Priority date	Nov 3, 2015
Publication date	May 15, 2018
Grant date	May 15, 2018

Abstract

A sensor adjustment system includes an exterior housing configured to hold a directional sensor inside the housing. The directional sensor is configured to obtain data outside of the housing along a boresight of the directional sensor. The system also includes one or more fasteners configured to be operably coupled with the directional sensor inside the housing. The one or more fasteners are configured to be actuated in order to change an orientation of the boresight of the directional sensor. The one or more fasteners are configured to be actuated from outside of the housing while changing the orientation of the boresight of the directional sensor inside the housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sensor adjustment system comprising:
an exterior housing configured to hold more than one camera inside the housing, each camera configured to obtain data outside of the housing along a boresight of each camera; and
one or more fasteners configured to be operably coupled with each individual camera inside the housing, the one or more fasteners configured to be actuated in order to change an orientation of the boresight of each individual camera, wherein the one or more fasteners are configured to be actuated from outside of the housing while changing the orientation of the boresight of each individual camera inside the housing,
where the one or more fasteners of each individual camera include an azimuth adjustment screw that is configured to be operably coupled with the respective camera and change an azimuth of the boresight of the respective camera responsive to rotation of the azimuth adjustment screw from outside of the housing;
wherein the one or more fasteners further includes an elevation adjustment screw that is configured to be operably coupled with the respective camera and change an elevation of the boresight of the respective camera responsive to rotation of the elevation adjustment screw from outside of the housing;
wherein the elevation adjustment screw is configured to change the elevation of the boresight of each individual camera independent of movement of the azimuth adjustment screw and the azimuth adjustment screw is configured to change the azimuth of the boresight of each individual camera independent of rotation of the elevation adjustment screw.

2. The sensor system of claim 1 , further comprising a bracket configured to be operably coupled with each individual camera, wherein the one or more fasteners include an elevation adjustment screw that is configured to be operably coupled with the bracket and to pivot the bracket responsive to rotation of the elevation adjustment screw from outside of the housing.

3. The sensor adjustment system of claim 2 , wherein the bracket is configured to be connected with the housing at a pivot point and the elevation adjustment screw is configured to pivot the bracket about the pivot point to change an elevation of the boresight of each camera responsive to the rotation of the elevation adjustment screw from outside of the housing.

4. The sensor adjustment system of claim 1 , further comprising a bracket configured to be operably coupled with each individual camera, wherein the azimuth adjustment screw is configured to be operably coupled with the bracket and to pivot the bracket responsive to movement of the azimuth adjustment screw from outside of the housing.

5. The sensor adjustment system of claim 4 , wherein the bracket is configured to be connected with the housing at a pivot point and includes a clearance slot through which the azimuth adjustment screw extends, wherein the azimuth adjustment screw is configured to be loosened from outside of the housing and move within the clearance slot relative to the bracket to pivot the bracket about the pivot point to change the azimuth of the boresight of each camera.

6. The sensor adjustment system of claim 1 , wherein the housing includes an opening that is closed by an access panel of the housing, wherein the access panel is configured to be moved to provide access to both the elevation adjustment screw and the azimuth adjustment screw through the opening.

7. The sensor adjustment system of claim 1 , wherein the housing includes more than one window through which the one or more fasteners are accessible, and wherein the one or more fasteners include plural fasteners configured to be actuated to pivot each individual camera about an elevation pivot point and about an azimuth pivot point inside the housing to change the orientation of the boresight of each individual camera wherein the elevation pivot point and the azimuth pivot point are located proximate to each window and to a lens of each camera.

8. A sensor adjustment system comprising:
an exterior housing configured to hold more than one camera inside the housing, each of the more than one camera configured to obtain data outside of the housing along a boresight of each of the more than one camera;
an elevation adjustment screw that is configured to be operably coupled with each of the more than one camera and change an orientation of the boresight of each individual camera, wherein the elevation adjustment screw is configured to be actuated from outside of the housing while changing the orientation of the boresight of each individual camera inside the housing; and
an azimuth adjustment screw that is configured to be operably coupled with each of the more than one camera and change an azimuth of the boresight of each individual camera responsive to rotation of the azimuth adjustment screw from outside of the housing;
wherein each elevation adjustment screw is configured to change the elevation of the boresight of each individual camera independent of movement of each azimuth adjustment screw, and each azimuth adjustment screw is configured to change the azimuth of the boresight of each individual camera independent of rotation of each elevational adjustment screw.

9. The sensor adjustment system of claim 8 , further comprising a bracket configured to be operably coupled with each individual camera, wherein the elevation adjustment screw is configured to be operably coupled with the bracket and to pivot the bracket responsive to rotation of the elevation adjustment screw from outside of the housing.

10. The sensor adjustment system of claim 9 , wherein the bracket is configured to be connected with the housing at a pivot point and the elevation adjustment screw is configured to pivot the bracket about the pivot point to change an elevation of the boresight of each individual camera responsive to the rotation of the elevation adjustment screw from outside of the housing.

11. The sensor adjustment system of claim 8 , further comprising a bracket configured to be operably connected with each individual camera and operably connected with the housing at a pivot point, the bracket including a clearance slot through which the azimuth adjustment screw extends, wherein the azimuth adjustment screw is configured to be loosened from outside of the housing and move within the clearance slot relative to the bracket to pivot the bracket about the pivot point to change an azimuth of the boresight of each individual camera.

12. The sensor adjustment system of claim 8 , wherein the housing includes an opening that is closed by an access panel of the housing, wherein the access panel is configured to be moved to provide access to both the elevation adjustment screw and the azimuth adjustment screw through the opening.

13. A sensor adjustment system comprising:
an exterior housing holding more than one camera inside the housing, each of the more than one camera obtaining data representative of an environment outside of the housing along a boresight of the camera;
an elevation adjustment screw operably coupled with each individual camera, the elevation adjustment screw changing an elevation of the boresight of each individual camera responsive to rotation of the elevation adjustment screw from outside the housing; and
an azimuth adjustment screw operably coupled with each individual camera, the azimuth adjustment screw changing an azimuth of each individual camera responsive to movement of the azimuth adjustment screw relative to the housing;
wherein the elevation adjustment screw is configured to change the elevation of the boresight of each individual camera independent of movement of the azimuth

Assignees

• Ge Lighting Solutions Llc

Inventors

• Saha Koushik Babi
• Clynne Thomas
• MEYER Jonathan Robert

Classifications

• F16M11/10 Primary

  around a horizontal axis {(F16M11/12 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• H04N23/58

  Means for changing the camera field of view without moving the camera body, e.g. nutating or panning of optics or image sensors · CPC title

• H04N23/54

  Mounting of pick-up tubes, electronic image sensors, deviation or focusing coils · CPC title

• H04N23/51 Primary

  Housings · CPC title

• H04N5/2252 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic