Wireless Camera Device for a Gun
The present invention relates to a wireless camera device for use with a gun, in which a wireless camera is provided with a main body having fastening areas and fastening members which correspondingly fit slide rails on a gun body to enable installation thereto. Two sides of the main body are respectively equipped with key-presses to enable activating an image capture member and sight units, which are located close to the position of the muzzle. Moreover, aiming light sources produced by the sight units are represented in image signals and simultaneously transmitted by wireless means to a display device, thereby achieving the effectiveness to carry out infrared aiming based on the image signals and enabling the display device to simultaneously display that from the infrared aiming, while visible infrared light or invisible infrared light produced by the aiming light sources enable respective daytime or evening aiming and firing.
(a) Field of the Invention
The present invention provides wireless camera for a gun, and more particularly provides a wireless camera device for a gun which enables wireless transmission of images and sound source signals to a display device using a wireless camera, and enables carrying out infrared aiming based on the image signals, as well as enabling the display device to simultaneously display that from the infrared aiming.
(b) Description of the Prior Art
Problems of crime against law and order in modern society are becoming increasingly serious, and criminal techniques used are also becoming increasingly sophisticated, while the weapons being used are growing from strength to strength. Moreover, the weapon having the most lethality, and for a person with intent the easiest to obtain, is the firearm, in particular, a toy pistol can be converted into a firearm, or the firearm can be obtained through illegal means.
Moreover, criminals are obtaining increasingly varied types of firearms, thus it is becoming more dangerous for police. In particular, when criminals are unwilling to surrender after committing a crime, then the police will initiate an assault operation. However, the danger involved in carrying out such assault operations is extremely high because of the multitude of dead angles within a building the criminals can conceal themselves in, thus the police are unable to reliably know the positions where the criminals are concealing themselves, and so must carry out surveillance using diverse instruments, or carry out a step by step search using teams of police, however, the danger of such methods is extremely high. Hence, research and development teams have invented wireless cameras for guns, which enable a wireless camera to be installed to a firearm, the wireless camera being provided with a lens able to capture image frames, and the image frames captured by the lens are transmitted to a display screen. Moreover, light sources are simultaneously produced using the wireless camera to effect illumination. Hence, the person holding the firearm can be hidden by a covering while enabling the wireless camera to capture image frames by movement of the firearm, thereby enabling the person holding the firearm or other people to view the image frames captured by the wireless camera on the display screen, and thus effectively increase safety of the police when dealing with such situations.
However, the following problems and shortcomings are still in need of improvement when using the aforementioned wireless camera for a gun of the prior art:
The wireless camera for use with a gun of the prior art is only able to receive image signals, hence, when the person holding the gun is hiding, after obtaining knowledge from image signals captured and clearly understanding the range of the image signals captured by movement of the firearm, and after learning of the circumstances within that range, then the person must leave the covering and carry out aiming and firing operations. However, aiming and firing operations of the firearm cannot be carried out while the wireless camera is capturing image frames. Accordingly, after clearly understanding the range of the image signals captured, the person holding the gun must quickly leave the covering and carry out aiming and firing operations, yet leaving the covering raises the danger to the person holding the gun.
Hence, it is the desire of the inventor and manufacturers engaged in related art and purpose of the present invention to research, resolve and improve the problems and shortcomings of the aforementioned prior art.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONA primary objective of the present invention lies in: a wireless camera being primarily provided with a main body, and the main body is fixed to an underside of a gun body. The main body is internally equipped with a signal transmission device, which is able to receive image signals and sound source signals using an image capture member and a sound source receiver, and the image signals and the sound source signals are transmitted by wireless means to a display device. More than one sight unit are simultaneously located on the main body, and the sight units produce visible infrared light or invisible infrared light; moreover, aiming light sources produced by the sight units can be represented in the image signals and simultaneously transmitted by wireless means to the display device. According to the art described above, the present invention provides a breakthrough in solving the existing problems of wireless cameras of the prior art whereby t e person holding the firearm is unable to simultaneously carry out aiming and firing operations while the wireless camera is capturing image frames, and achieves enabling carrying out infrared aiming based on the image signals, while at the same time displaying that from the infrared aiming on the display device to realize the practical advancement of facilitating the shooter in aiming and firing.
Another objective of the present invention lies in: the sight units are able to produce visible infrared light or invisible infrared light, and the visible infrared light or the invisible infrared light can in the daytime or at night respectively produce the effectiveness of the aiming light sources. Accordingly, the aiming light sources produced by the sight units are completely represented in the image signals, and can be simultaneously transmitted by wireless means to the display device, thereby facilitating a shooter in aiming and firing.
Yet another objective of the present invention lies in: the display device is internally installed with a memory unit, and the memory unit effectively stores the image signals and sound source signals received by the display device.
A further objective of the present invention lies in: the underside of a common gun body is provided with slide rails, and the main body is provided with fastening areas and fastening members which enable joining to the position of the underside of the common gun body provided with the slide rails. Accordingly, the wireless camera can be effectively fixed to various types of gun bodies.
To enable a further understanding of said objectives and the technological methods of the invention herein, a brief description of the drawings is provided below followed by a detailed description of the preferred embodiments.
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Hence, referring to all the drawings, compared to the prior art, the following advantages exist when using the present invention:
1. The wireless camera 2 is provided with the main body 3, and the main body 3 is internally equipped with the signal transmission device 4 which is able to receive the image signals 341 and the sound source signals 371 transmitted by the image capture member 34 and the sound source receiver 37. Moreover, more than one of the sight units 35, which are able to produce visible infrared light or invisible infrared light, are simultaneously located on the main body 3, and the aiming light sources 351 of the sight units 35 are represented in the image signals 341, which are simultaneously transmitted by wireless means to the display device 5 to achieve carrying out infrared aiming based on the image signals 341, while at the same time realizing the effectiveness to display that from the infrared aiming on the display device 5.
2. The sight units 35 separately produce the aiming light sources 351 emitting visible infrared light or invisible infrared light, and the visible infrared light or the invisible infrared light can in the daytime or at night respectively produce the effectiveness of the aiming light sources 351. Moreover, the aiming light sources 351 produced by the sight units 35 are completely represented in the image signals 341, and can be simultaneously transmitted by wireless means to the display device 5, thereby facilitating a shooter in aiming and firing.
3. The display device 5 is internally installed with the memory unit 51, and the memory unit 51 effectively stores the image signals 341 and sound source signals 371 received by the display device 5.
4. The underside of the common gun body 1 is provided with the slide rails 11, and the main body 3 is provided with the fastening areas 31 and the fastening members 32 which enable joining to the position of the gun body 1 provided with the slide rails 11. Moreover, sliding the fastening areas 31 enables separation from the slide rails 11, thereby achieving enabling the wireless camera 2 to be effectively fixed to many types of gun bodies 1.
It is of course to be understood that the embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the principles of the invention and that a wide variety of modifications thereto may be effected by persons skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims.
Claims
1. A wireless camera device for a gun, wherein a wireless camera is installed to a gun body, and wireless camera signals are transmitted to a display device, the wireless camera comprises:
- a main body, the main body is fixed to an underside of the gun body, and more than one key-press are respectively located on two sides of the main body, an image capture member and at least more than one sight unit are located close to one end of a muzzle of the gun, moreover, more than one correction member able to correct the sight units are located on the main body;
- a signal transmission device, the signal transmission device is installed within the main body, and the signal transmission device is able to receive image signals through the image capture member and transmit the image signals by wireless means to the display device.
2. The wireless camera device for a gun according to claim 1, wherein the main body further internally comprises a sound source receiver, and the signal transmission device is able to receive sound source signals through the sound source receiver and transmit the sound source signals by wireless means to the display device.
3. The wireless camera device for a gun according to claim 1, wherein the display device is internally installed with a memory unit, and the memory unit stores signals received by the display device.
4. The wireless camera device for a gun according to claim 1, wherein the underside of the gun body is provided with slide rails for connecting to the main body.
5. The wireless camera device for a gun according to claim 1, wherein the main body is provided with fastening areas for connecting to the gun body.
6. The wireless camera device for a gun according to claim 1, wherein the sight units produce aiming light sources, and the aiming light sources are visible infrared light or invisible infrared light.
7. The wireless camera device for a gun according to claim 1, wherein the key-presses switch on and switch off the sight units and the image capture member.
8. The wireless camera device for a gun according to claim 1, wherein the main body further comprises fastening members, and the fastening members effectively enable the main body to be fixed to the gun body.
Type: Application
Filed: Oct 1, 2008
Publication Date: Feb 17, 2011
Inventor: Ming-Yen LIU (Taipei)
Application Number: 12/243,938