US Patent Issued to Nodal Film Systems on May 26 for "Motorized camera head with PCB motors" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,747, issued on May 26, was assigned to Nodal Film Systems LLC (Los Angeles).

"Motorized camera head with PCB motors" was invented by Boyd Randolph Hobbs (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera stabilization system includes printed circuit board (PCB) stator motors configured with rotors that define slots for receiving PCB stators. The rotors are surrounded by wheel-based bearings that enable smooth rotation when activated by a motor controller. An annular roll motor with an open center portion is coupled with one or more tilt motors and a pan motor to form a compact camera head system. The configuration allows a camera to...