ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,475, issued on May 20, was assigned to I&EyeEnterprises LLC (Fairway, Kan.).
"Modular camera" was invented by Jeremy R. Schueler (Columbia, Ill.) and Grant S. Ray (Omaha, Neb.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular camera includes a battery module, a camera module, and a lens module that can be connected together to make a water-tight camera suitable for monitoring wastewater in wet environments. The camera module includes multiple different external device interfaces that allow the camera to be directly connected to external power, a number of different analog and/or digital sensors, an auxiliary camera, and one or more control ou...