Abstract: A method for forming a weapon accessory mounting device to attach to a projectile firing weapon is disclosed. A flexure for receiving a body of the weapon accessory is formed. A pivot portion is formed at a first end of the flexure to attach the flexure to the weapon at a first attachment region. A second attachment portion is formed at a second end of the flexure to attach the flexure to the weapon at a second attachment region. A first aperture is formed in the pivot portion configured to receive a pivot pin. A second aperture in the weapon accessory body receives the pivot pin at a weapon accessory body first end to attach the weapon accessory body first end to the pivot portion. The pivot portion is configured to convert at least a portion of energy of a weapon shock recoil from translational energy to rotational energy.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearer; a first power supply configured to generate a first voltage applied to the image bearer according to a first voltage control signal; a second power supply configured to generate a second voltage, which has a polarity opposite to a polarity of the first voltage, applied to the image bearer according to a second voltage control signal; and circuitry. The circuitry is configured to generate the first voltage control signal and the second voltage control signal, detect an overcurrent in the image forming apparatus as an abnormality; and set a mask period for masking detection of the abnormality in response to an input of the second voltage control signal after an input of the first voltage control signal.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described which provide a camera mount system. The camera mount system can include, for example, a first optical element and a second optical element. Incoming light from a scope on a weapon, for example, is partially transmitted and partially reflected by the first optical element. The partially transmitted light passes through an eyepiece to a viewer (e.g., a shooter). The partially reflected light is reflected by the second optical element and is recorded by a recording device (e.g., a camera, a video recorder, an image sensor, etc.). The viewer has direct access to the scope optics, a spotting scope, or binoculars, for example, and the camera and the viewer have access to the same view.

Abstract: Assembly forming a firearm comprising a firearm, in particular a hunting gun, comprising means for the attachment of a telescopic sight, and a telescopic sight fixed onto the weapon by fixing means, the sight comprising at least one turret, the at least one turret comprising a screw thread or a tapping, characterized in that an intermediate part is provided comprising on the one hand a tapping or screw thread corresponding to said screw thread or tapping of the at least one turret and on the other hand a threaded pin projecting from a face, preferably a planar face, for fixing to the intermediate part, by the threaded pin either directly a miniature camera comprising a corresponding tapped hole or a device which can be connected securely to the photographic device, in particular the miniature camera or the mobile phone provided with photographic functions, to enable the attachment to the intermediate part of said photographic device, and in particular the camera, for example the miniature camera or the mobile

Abstract: The present disclosure includes a system including a receptacle component configured to detachably couple with an elongate member, and a support member configured to detachably couple with the receptacle component, the support member configured such that an upper portion of the support member detachably couples with an opening of the receptacle component. The present disclosure also includes a system including a plate comprising a plurality of first support members, a plurality of arms, at least one of the plurality of first support members disposed upon at least one of the plurality of arms. The system also includes a plurality of second support members, the second support members configured to removably couple with the first support members.

Abstract: The present camera mounting device is designed as an paintball marker or gun accessory. It can be used with either still or video cameras. It is comprised a bracket and an adjustable clamp. The bracket is comprised of a horizontal member and a vertical member that are connected at ninety degree angles to each other. The clamp is attached to the vertical member of the bracket with a screw. To use the mounting device, a camera is either top mounted or bottom mounted to the horizontal member via a thumbscrew. The adjustable clamp fits onto the barrel of a paintball marker, gun or rifle. The diameter of the clamp is adjusted by releasing a lock on the locking clamp screw on the clamp and turning the screw either clockwise or counter clockwise.

Abstract: A stabilized stereographic camera system may include an upright support having a longitudinal axis. A camera support coupled to one end of the upright support may mount first and second cameras, the first camera movable with respect to the second cameras. A ballast may be coupled to another end of the upright support. A balance mechanism may move a movable portion of the stereographic camera system relative to the upright support in response to movement of the first camera with respect to the second camera to maintain a constant weight distribution of the stereographic camera system.

Abstract: The present invention is a multi-directional camera mount device for mounting a camera onto a compound bow to facilitate movement and positioning of the camera. The camera mount device includes a generally planar camera base bow bracket and a generally planar and elongated camera mount swing arm that is swingably and permanently attached to the bracket. There is also a first attachment assembly to swingably and permanently attach the arm to the bracket, a second attachment assembly to attach the camera to the arm and a swingable assembly that allows swingable movement of the arm and the attached camera.

Abstract: To compensate for changes in weight distribution of transportable, hand-held camera supports when one or both camera translate or pivot in a two-camera stereographic imaging system, the bottom of the elongated camera support attaches to a compensation mechanism. The mechanism has a balance plate movable laterally on a bottom housing. Ballast mounts below the bottom housing. A motor in the bottom housing moves the balance plate and the pole laterally in response to camera pivoting or lateral movement to maintain the center of gravity of the system centered along the longitudinal axis of the elongated support.

Abstract: A stun gun is disclosed having a firing mechanism, and also having a camera for automatically capturing post-firing images after the firing mechanism is activated. The post-firing image is automatically and digitally marked, or partly marked, to indicate when the camera was used. A method of gun operation is also presented, along with a system that includes both the gun and a gun holder. Removal of the gun from the gun holder may activate the camera's visual or audio collection capabilities, and further actions such as removal of a gun safety may heighten activation of the camera. The camera's visual collection capabilities include viewing both the target and also the user of the gun.

Abstract: A camera integrated firearm system replaces the original recoil spring and guide assembly of a firearm with a casing which includes a camera, a camera actuating module which turns the camera on when the orientation of the handgun barrel is changed, a gunshot impact sensing and signal transmitting module, an image memory module, and output data ports. The casing is also equipped with a unique power-data port integrated into the lens unit of the camera. When the weapon is drawn, the camera is turned on to record events, including the discharge of the weapon. The camera, utilizing ambient light plus the light generated by muzzle flash, i.e. the jet of fire exiting the barrel at the instant the bullet exits the weapon, takes and saves, in memory, a closely spaced sequential stream of digital photographs or, alternatively, video recordings. Using the data outputs, the images can then be downloaded for viewing.

Abstract: A device for operably mounting a camera to a bow. The device includes a guideway, a mounting bracket assembly, a biasing system, an attachment mechanism for securing a camera to the mounting bracket assembly and an attachment mechanism for securing the mounting bracket to a bow. A traveler on the mounting bracket assembly operably engages the guideway for movement along the longitudinal length of the guideway. The mounting bracket assembly includes a shelf, suitable for supporting a camera, attached to the traveler by a transversely extending strut. The biasing system is operable for longitudinally biasing the mounting bracket assembly away from both longitudinal ends of the guideway into a rest position intermediate the longitudinal ends of the guideway, thereby damping any recoil effect experienced by the camera caused by release of an arrow from the bow.

Abstract: A gun and bow camera mount providing an apparatus capable of mounting a conventional hand-held camera to any of various hunting weapons. The gun and bow camera mount includes a camera support having a camera mount resiliently biased against a carriage. The camera support includes typical mounting apparatus defining a shooting vector corresponding to the direction a conventional hand-held camera points when mounted to the typical mounting apparatus. The gun and bow camera mount includes features for securing the camera support to a conventional hunting weapon such that the shooting vector is fixed in a direction parallel to the line of fire of the weapon.

Abstract: A remote-controlled sight of a firearm has an aiming unit and a remote-controlled unit. The aiming unit is detachably disposed on a firearm body of the firearm and the remote-controlled unit connects to the firearm body. The remote-controlled unit has a button, a wireless transmitting module and a wireless receiving module, the wireless transmitting module is electrically connected to the button and the wireless receiving module is electrically connected to the aiming unit. When the button is pressed, a signal is transmitted from the wireless transmitting module and received by the wireless receiving module to actuate the aiming unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides an adapter device adapted for easier operation of a lid that opens and closes an opening through which a video camera is to be inserted and on which a viewfinder is to be installed. The present invention provides an adapter device to which a video camera device is to be attached, the adapter device including an adapter body having formed therein a receptacle in which the video camera device is to be installed and having formed at the rear end thereof an opening through which the video camera device is to be inserted first at a lens-unit mount thereof, a lid provided pivotably on a vertical pivot of the adapter body to open and close the insertion opening, and a mount base provided on the top of the lid on which a viewfinder is to be installed.

Abstract: A mounting assembly for image capture device, such as camera, for supporting a camera, s from a firearm is provided. The image capture device mounting assembly for a firearm comprises a base member attached to a scope of the firearm above the top of the scope, the base member having a longitudinal axis in substantial parallel relationship with a longitudinal axis of the scope; an intermediate plate, the intermediate plate being pivotally attached to the base member; a mounting bracket, the mounting bracket being mounted on the intermediate plate, the mounting bracket being adapted to support a camera, the mounting bracket having camera attachment means for allowing attachment of the camera to the mounting bracket at a predetermined position; and locking means for fixing the pivoting intermediate plate at a desired pivotal position.

Abstract: A telescopic firearm scope/sight which is fully integrated with a compact digital camera, and which has size, shape and weight characteristics that are substantially the same as those of a conventional, camera-less telescopic scope, is used to photograph a target proximate the instant at which the target is fired upon. To configure the weapon for photography and firing, the scope is simply placed on the firearm in the same manner as a conventional scope, and the firearm is then fired in the conventional manner. Photographs are recorded, alternatively, in response to the sound of, or the recoil from, the firearm firing. An alternative embodiment eliminates the telescopic sight, but maintains all of the digital photography components, and is particularly useful for smaller-scale firearms such as pistols.

Abstract: A telescopic firearm scope/sight which is fully integrated with a compact digital camera, and which has size, shape and weight characteristics that are substantially the same as those of a conventional, camera-less telescopic scope, is used to photograph a target proximate the instant at which the target is fired upon. To configure the weapon for photography and firing, the scope is simply placed on the firearm in the same manner as a conventional scope, and the firearm is then fired in the conventional manner. Photographs are recorded, alternatively, in response to the sound of, or the recoil from, the firearm firing. An alternative embodiment eliminates the telescopic sight, but maintains all of the digital photography components, and is particularly useful for smaller-scale firearms such as pistols.

Abstract: A telescopic firearm scope/sight which is fully integrated with a compact digital camera, and which has size, shape and weight characteristics that are substantially the same as those of a conventional, camera-less telescopic scope, is used to photograph a target proximate the instant at which the target is fired upon. To configure the weapon for photography and firing, the scope is simply placed on the firearm in the same manner as a conventional scope, and the firearm is then fired in the conventional manner. Photographs are recorded, alternatively, in response to the sound of, or the recoil from, the firearm firing. An alternative embodiment eliminates the telescopic sight, but maintains all of the digital photography components, and is particularly useful for smaller-scale firearms such as pistols.

Abstract: A camera mounting assembly for a weapon is provided. The mounting assembly includes a mount for direct attachment to the weapon. A parallelogram linkage includes a pair of depending swing arms, each of which is pivotally secured at one end in the mount and at the opposite end in a camera support. The support also includes a transverse slot for receiving a stud or other mount carried by a camera. When the weapon is discharged, the swing arms allow the camera and support to together swing to and fro in response to the forces generated. During this swinging motion, the support and hence the camera are both maintained substantially aligned with the line-of-sight of the weapon at all times, thereby ensuring that the shoot is reliably captured. Dampers may also be provided to dampen the swinging motion of the camera created upon discharge. The combination of the swinging and damping improves the capture of the shoot by reducing the effects of the recoil or discharge forces.

Abstract: A telescopic firearm scope/sight which is fully integrated with a compact digital camera, and which has size, shape and weight characteristics that are substantially the same as those of a conventional, camera-less telescopic scope, is used to photograph a target proximate the instant at which the target is fired upon. To configure the weapon for photography and firing, the scope is simply placed on the firearm in the same manner as a conventional scope, and the firearm is then fired in the conventional manner. Photographs are recorded, alternatively, in response to the sound of, or the recoil from, the firearm firing. An alternative embodiment eliminates the telescopic sight, but maintains all of the digital photography components, and is particularly useful for smaller-scale firearms such as pistols.

Abstract: A rifle style camera supplied with power by an internal power supply for producing at least one of a photograph on a film material and digital data representative of an object. The rifle style camera includes a stalk and a barrel extending from the stalk and including a top side and a bottom side. A housing is connected to the bottom side of the barrel. A photographic camera for producing the photograph of the object on the film and a digital image processor including a memory device for capturing a digital image of the object, producing the digital data representative of the object from the captured digital image and storing said produced digital data in said memory device are positioned within the housing and connected to receive power from the internal power supply. An eyepiece and view finder are mounted to the top side of the barrel and connected to both the photographic camera and the digital image processor.