FLEXIBLE HEAD VIDEO CAMERA

摘要

A video camera for use in teleconferencing sessions between users of computers has conventional video camera electronics mounted in the body (20) of the camera. The lens assembly (230) is separated from the body and mounted in a camera head (200). The camera head (200) is pivotably connected to the body so that the lens assembly (230) can be moved with respect to the body (20) so that when the camera body is positioned on the top of a monitor (260), for example, the camera head (200) can be moved to aim the lens assembly at the face of a user looking at the video monitor (260). The pivotable adjustment thus accommodates many different positions of the user and of the monitor (260) on which the camera is resting.