Patents by Inventor Mary E. Kottas

Mary E. Kottas has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Device for automatic reciprocation of lens angle and aperture of surveillance camera
    Patent number: 4346976
    Abstract: A surveillance camera which automatically and continually varies both the lens angle and the aperture is provided. In an area under surveillance where conditions dictating a need for varying the exposure and the field of a surveillance camera, a continually reciprocating lens angle and a continually varying lens aperture, obtains a variety of camera settings which results in at least some satisfactory exposures of the area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1982
    Inventors: Milo Kottas, Mary E. Kottas, Robert P. Kottas, Charles E. Kottas, Joseph W. Kottas