摘要 |
A modular camera has a chassis module 124, a camera module 126 removably received by the chassis, an illumination module 128 removably coupled to the chassis and a passageway or channel 244 cooled by a fan. In a further independent claim, the chassis module has a back wall having a first end (148, Figure 6) and an opposite second end (150, Figure 6), a first fan 152 mounted at the chassis back wall first end, and a second fan (154) mounted at the chassis back wall second end. The camera module has a body (204. Figure 12 - with sensor 206 and optics 208) removably received through a hole formed through the chassis module back wall. An illumination module 128 has a back wall, with a light source, wherein the illumination module is removably coupled to the chassis module 124 so that the illumination module back wall is spaced apart from the chassis module back wall. A communication module 130 is removably coupled to the chassis module, completing the cooling channel. In another independent claim, the communication module additionally has heat sink(s) 240, received through a chassis module bottom wall opening. |