Abstract: An exemplary image sensor module includes a plate, an image sensor, and a number of conductive wires. The plate includes a top surface, a bottom surface, a light passing through hole, a number of spaced receiving holes extending through the top surface and the bottom surface, and a number of conductive pads on the top surface. The receiving holes surround the through hole. The sensor includes a first surface and a number of bonding pads corresponding to the respective conductive pads. The first surface opposes the bottom surface, and is mounted on the bottom surface. The first surface includes a light sensitive region aligned with the through hole, and a light insensitive region surrounding the light sensitive region. The bonding pads are arranged on the light insensitive region. The wires pass through the respective receiving holes, and respectively electrically connect the bonding pads to the corresponding conductive pads.

Abstract: A 3D image display device is provided. The 3D image display device can sense a posture change of a 3D display using a gyro-sensor and prevent an image for an LE and an image for an RE from being converted using a sensed posture change. The 3D image display device includes a main body a multi-view type display, a gyro-sensor, and an image-conversion controller. The multi-view type display provides a 3D image for an LE and a 3D image for an RE. The gyro-sensor is mounted in the main body to sense a posture change of the display and the image-conversion controller prevents conversion of a provided 3D image using the posture change of the display sensed by the gyro-sensor. Therefore, an image signal for an RE and an image signal for an LE are provided to viewing regions where an RE and an LE of a viewer are located, so that the viewer can view a 3D image properly.

Abstract: A handheld communication device is used to capture a video and stabilize the video during a video chat session. The device has a camera to capture a video during a video chat session that is conducted between a user of the device and a far-end user. The video includes images frames, each of the image frames containing an image of a face of the user. The device detects the position of the face in each image frame. Based on the detected position of the face, a boundary area of each image frame is cropped to produce an output video while the video is being captured. The image of the face stays substantially stationary in the output video. The output video is transmitted to the far-end user during the video chat session. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

Abstract: A zoom lens includes a first lens, a first lens barrel, a shutter assembly, and a guide barrel. The first lens barrel houses the first lens. The shutter assembly is positioned on a distal end of the first lens barrel toward an object side of the zoom lens. The guide barrel is received in the first lens barrel and configured for guiding the first lens barrel to move along the optical axis of the zoom lens.

Abstract: The transport device for an instrument (2) for photo, video, audio recording or the like comprises a body (10), connection means (3) accommodated in the body (10) and intended for fixing the instrument (2) to the device (1), supporting means (4) fixed to the body (10) and intended for anchoring the device (1) to the user's body, and a sustaining element (5) one extremity of which is restrained to the body (10).

Abstract: Image capture techniques are described. In implementations, an image is captured, by an image capture device of a computing device, of an object that is disposed on a surface of a first display device of the computing device. The computing device includes a first housing that includes the first display device and a second housing that is rotatable attached to the first housing and that includes a second display device. The captured image is displayed on at least one of the first display device or the second display device.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a pedestal portion which is formed further forward than the handle holding portion and configured to store the display monitor with a display surface of the display monitor face thereto, a projected portion formed further forward than the pedestal portion, and a hinge member one part of which is fixed to the display monitor and the other part of which is fixed to the projected portion. The display monitor is drawn from the pedestal portion to an opposite side to the grip portion by rotating the display monitor in a first direction around a first rotating shaft of the hinge member. The display monitor is drawn from the pedestal portion to a side of the grip portion by rotating the display monitor in a second direction which is an opposite direction to the first direction around a first rotating shaft.

Abstract: A technique capable of satisfying both higher functionality and higher accuracy in a compact imaging device is sought to be provided. In order to accomplish the above object, an imaging device is formed by lamination of a plurality of layers including: an imaging element layer that has an imaging element part; a lens layer that has a lens part whose distance from the imaging element part is changeable, and is disposed between a subject and the imaging element part; and an actuator layer that has an actuator part to move the lens part, and is disposed between the subject and the imaging element part.

Abstract: Provided are a battery cover structure and a photographing apparatus including the same. The battery cover structure includes a frame in which an antenna connection unit is disposed, and a battery cover installed on the frame, wherein the battery cover includes an installing unit installed on the frame, a first cover unit installed on the installing unit, and an antenna unit installed on the first cover unit, wherein electrical contact between the antenna unit and the antenna connection unit is maintained or released according to a location of the first cover unit.

Abstract: A digital imaging device includes at least two image sensors carried by a body and having image axes oriented transverse to one another and facing in different directions transverse to one another. The image sensors are rotatable with respect to the body and each have a rotational axis parallel with a respective corresponding image axis. Each image sensor has an upright physical orientation corresponding to an upright orientation of the optical image and is capable of rotation about the rotational axis to orient the image sensor in the upright orientation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a handy scanner apparatus and a control method thereof, which scan the surface of the object under scan, larger than a scanner, into units of two-dimensional tile images each of which has a predetermined size, and synthesize the photographed images in accordance with shift information into final page images. Particularly, a scan unit comprises: a transparent window portion which forms an area of tile images to be scanned; a housing portion which prevents the introduction of light from an external source; a camera module which maintains a fixed optical distance from the object under scan, and photographs tile images; a lighting module which provides light only during a preset time in accordance with a lighting signal; and a shift sensing module which outputs shift information.

Abstract: A digital camera and a user interface module of the digital camera that includes: a front cover which includes a window onto which an image is projected; a touch panel which is disposed at the back of the front cover, and outputs an image on the window while detecting touch manipulations of a user; a button assembly which includes a button pattern that is externally exposed along with the front cover, and detects and converts manipulations of the button pattern into an electric signal; and a first wiring cable which collects and transmits a touch signal generated in the touch panel and a manipulation signal generated in the button assembly to the camera body. The user interface module may be assembled to the camera body as a unit module to form the camera and may have a single wire cable electrically connecting the user interface module to the camera body.

Abstract: A camera module and a portable electronic device using same are provided. The camera module can be rotated to align with a first camera window and a first aperture in the front of the portable electronic device or a second camera window and second aperture in the rear of the portable electronic device.

Abstract: A stabilized support for supporting motion-sensitive, ultra-lightweight, camera equipment includes a hollow platform on which the camera equipment is mounted, and a structure on which the platform is detachably mounted. The structure has a handle, a counterweight mounted below the platform, and an arm for connecting the handle with the counterweight. The platform has a plurality of interior compartments preferably arranged in generally parallel rows at opposite sides of the platform, each row extending past a center of gravity. A plurality of ballast weights is held and confined in the interior compartments within the platform to balance the support when held by the handle, or supported by optional support legs. The placement of the ballast weights is based on a balancing procedure in which the camera equipment is balanced relative to a stationary horizontal support surface.

Abstract: An exemplary electronic apparatus includes a portable electronic device and a stand mechanism for supporting the portable device. The portable electronic device includes a display panel and a digital camera. The display panel and the digital camera are respectively disposed at a viewing surface and a bottom surface at opposite sides thereof. When the stand mechanism is in use, the digital camera has a predetermined height above a bottom of the stand mechanism.

Abstract: The present invention provides a telescoping monopod apparatus for holding one or more cameras while a digital photograph or video recording is taken by a user, including: a plurality of concentrically-disposed telescoping shaft sections; a handle coupled to the plurality of concentrically-disposed telescoping shaft sections; and a head portion configured to receive and secure a camera, wherein the head portion includes: a neck portion; at least one substantially-flat camera-receiving surface; a pair of lipped retention members coupled to each of the substantially-flat camera-receiving surfaces present; and a central track structure coupled to each of the substantially-flat camera-receiving surfaces present.

Abstract: A preferred embodiment of the present invention relates to headwear (1). The headwear comprises a frame (3) mountable on a user's head, and an imaging device (9). The imaging device (9) has a first field of view defining a portion of the surrounding environment of which an image may be captured, and the item of headwear includes means (15) for providing a visual indicator of said first field of view to thereby provide a user wearing said headwear with a visual indication of the portion of the surrounding environment of which an image may be captured with said imaging device. The headwear may comprise a substantially transparent viewing portion (5) supported by the frame so as to be located in front of the user's eyes when the headwear (1) is worn by the user, and in another embodiment headwear is disclosed that is configurable to implement limited zoom functionality. In yet another embodiment an imaging system including the headwear is disclosed.

Abstract: A camera-integrated VTR system including a printer embodying a data processing device of the invention is provided, wherein various external data supplied from an external device and internal data generated or recorded internally are enabled to be exchanged selectively, easily and directly between respective components of the system without use of any additional component therebetween so as to be printed instantaneously.

Abstract: A camera stabilizer includes a grip for cameras that provides for stability of the camera without a shoulder mount or shoulder mount harness. The current camera stabilizer attaches around the arm of the user then extends through a member roughly parallel to the forearm to a grip that is held by the user. The grip is attached to the member by a ball joint that allows free positioning of the grip relative to the member but may then be locked in position for use. The camera is then attached to the grip. This allows the user to stabilize the camera by holding the elbow closer to the torso, by resting the elbow on a steady object, or by simply flexing the wrist which applies tension to the member thereby providing a more stable grip on the camera and a resulting more stable picture. A kit is also disclosed that includes the camera stabilizer and a harness for tethering the camera stabilizer to a camera operator.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for using infra-red light provide for enhanced operation in camera applications. In an embodiment, a safety camera includes an optical filter that provides an input to an imager from received light having wavelengths in the infra-red spectrum. Output from the imager can be analyzed to determine safety hazard events in an area viewed by the safety camera.

Abstract: System and method for capturing visual perspectives of live activities at an entertainment venue with wireless in-play video cameras associated with user equipment for transmission to enterprise equipment for processing and broadcast to remote video monitors for display. Video recording can be from more than one entertainment venue or can be more than one wireless in-play video camera. Remote video monitors can be venue-based hand held devices or video monitors used at home. Remote video monitors can include hand held devices and high definition televisions (e.g., HDTVs) including flat panel display screens therein. A user can select from more than one view from video cameras that the user wants displayed on the remote viewer, enabling a user of the remote video monitor to view more than one camera view through the remote viewer at a time/simultaneously.

Abstract: A mobile communication device adapted to communicate with a plurality of pre-determined sources disposed at pre-determined different locations includes an identification code, a receiver adapted to receive wirelessly communicated information from a particular source at a pre-determined location, an orientation detector that detects the orientation of the receiver relative to the pre-determined location of the particular source to provide an orientation signal indicating that the mobile communication device is oriented toward the predetermined location of the particular source, and an interface circuit responsive to the wirelessly communicated information and the orientation signal to register the identification code with the particular source.

Abstract: A method of tracking and acting on events related to the delivery of a mail piece is provided. An integrated record associated with an addressee of a mail piece is created. The mail piece is given a unique identifier, is associated with the addressee, and is placed in a mail stream with the date and nature of associated delivery events being recorded. After a predetermined delivery event occurs, a follow-up communication is transmitted to the addressee, and the date of this follow-up communication is recorded. The date of any response by the addressee to the follow-up communication is also recorded. To the integrated record associated with the addressee is added the date and nature of the delivery events associated with the mail piece, the date of the follow-up communication, and the date of any response by the addressee to the follow-up communication.

Abstract: A mobile communication station including a camera and having a grip for being gripped by a user during use of the communication station, the grip having a first compact configuration and a second configuration in which the grip is expanded relative to the first configuration to improve the grip of the user on the communication station when the grip is in the second expanded configuration.

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: Image quality degradation due to external light irradiated to an edge section of a transparent cover of a solid-state imaging device and external light propagating in the cover is prevented with a simple structure. A glass cover 60 formed to cover the whole surface of an imaging region 26 of a solid-state imaging element 10 is constituted by a transmission section 60a corresponding to the imaging region 26, and an edge section 60b that surrounds the transmission section 60a outside the transmission section 60a. The edge section 60b of the cover 60 is selectively removed around a periphery of the edge section 60b, thereby forming a frustum-shaped part whose cross-sectional area decreases monotonously from its exit side to its incidence side in the cover 60. An optical function film 63 having an optical absorption, reflection, or scattering action is formed on an outer face of the frustum-shaped part.

Abstract: This invention relates to a case for portable, handheld electronic devices such as those manufactured by Apple Inc., including the iPod touch, iPad and/or the iPhone, which case supplements the functional properties which are not present on a particular model of the portable, handheld electronic devices such as the iPod touch, iPad and/or the iPhone by providing an integrated speaker and/or microphone and/or at least one camera, in addition to providing the usual protective and/or cushioning aspects of an ordinary case.

Abstract: An exemplary portable electronic device includes a main body, camera modules, a storage unit for storing images, and an image processing unit. The camera modules are accommodated in the main body and exposed the ambient environment. The camera modules have different focal lengths from each other, and are configured for simultaneously picking up images of an object. The image processing unit is electrically connected with the camera modules. The image processing unit is configured for comparing the modulation transfer function (MTF) values of the images, and transmitting data of the image having the greatest MTF value to the storage unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to computer capture of object motion. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to capturing of facial movement or performance of an actor. Embodiments of the present invention provide a mounting bracket for a head-mounted motion capture camera system. In many embodiments, the mounting bracket includes a helmet that is positioned on the actor's head and mounting rods on either side of the helmet that project toward the front of the actor that may be flexibly repositioned. Cameras positioned on the mounting rods capture images of the actor's face.

Abstract: An electronic device may include a stylus and a housing. An opening may be formed in the housing for inserting and storing the stylus. A function button may be mounted in the housing. The stylus may be adapted to operate the function button when in a stored position inserted within the opening in response to a user applying a predetermined pressure to the stylus.

Abstract: Camera apparatus with dual lenses that allows quickly switching between lenses in a single camera.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a camera door opening/shutting apparatus for a portable communication device. The apparatus includes a camera door disposed at a main body to expose or cover a camera lens included in the main body according to a sliding movement of the camera door, and a door sliding part disposed between the main body and the camera door to slidably couple the camera door with the main body.

Abstract: The information communication terminal includes a first housing having a display unit and a second housing having an operating unit. The first housing can be arranged as follows: the first state where the display unit is directed oppositely to the photographing direction of the imaging unit; the second state where the display unit is directed in the photographing direction of the imaging unit; the third state where the rotary shaft direction of the first housing is made to adjoin the direction perpendicular to the open/close shaft direction of the second housing and the display unit and the operating unit are directed to the same side; and fourth state where the direction perpendicular to the rotary shaft direction of the first housing is made to adjoin the open/close shaft direction of the second housing through the hinge and the display unit and the operating unit are directed to the same side.

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: The solid image capture device 100 in accordance with the present invention is detachably fixed to a wiring board 1 and applies pressure to the side faces of a transparent lid section 3 in a direction normal to the faces, so as to nip and secure the transparent lid section 3. The mechanism allows a solid image capture element 2 to be attached to and detached from the wiring board 1. The solid image capture element 2 is readily positioned precisely on the wiring board 1.

Abstract: A stand for a camera-equipped wireless communications device comprises an adjustable terminal support configured to be mounted to a base. The adjustable terminal support includes a system plug at one end that connects to a system interface on the camera-equipped wireless communications device. The adjustable terminal support may include a cradle having a pair of arms that clamp on to the camera-equipped wireless communications device. At least one of the pair of arms is movable.

Abstract: An attachment for a photographic instrument including a camera, comprising a transverse rotatable member having a top arcuate vertical support. A first top arcuate member is comprised of a gap and a second top arcuate member has an arcuate recess, wherein the top arcuate vertical support is connected to the respective first and second top arcuate member, which forms a seat as a housing of a universal joint. The universal joint is affixed to a shaft having a concentric bearing, which is further affixed to the camera mount, so that the camera mount can be rotated. A pin is affixed to the universal joint opposite to where the shaft is affixed. When the shaft having the bearing is downwardly and rotatably positioned inside of the recess, the pin is also upwardly positioned inside of the gap.

Abstract: A camera is integrated into eyeglasses to allow hands-free recording of video or still images. The eyeglasses also include electronic components, such as a processor for encoding the video and a radio for transmitting the video. The eyeglasses may stream the video to a server, where the video may be viewed my other users. The eyeglasses may connect to a cellular data network to stream the data or connect to a nearby mobile device that relays the streaming video to the cellular data network. The size of the eyeglasses with the integrated camera may be reduced by overmolding wiring and/or electronic components into temples of the frame and coupling components with the integrated camera through the temples and the front frame of the eyeglasses.

Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a base, a cover, and a connecting module. The connecting module includes two connecting plates and at least one hinge. At least one of the connecting plates is rotatably connected to the base or cover by the at least one hinge, and the cover rides the base when rotated and slid thereon.

Abstract: A video recording camera system configured to record video to a non-volatile memory configured as a circular video recording buffer. In an embodiment, the video recording camera system includes a non-volatile storage medium and a processor is configured to manage at least a portion of the non-volatile storage medium as a circular buffer, replacing recorded video data stored in a subset of memory addresses corresponding to an older recorded video frame with the data corresponding to a newer video frame. In further embodiments, clip files may be partitioned from the circular buffer to prevent logical portion of the recorded video from being overwritten upon reaching a capacity of the circular recorded video buffer.

Abstract: A ball that provides normalized images of a ground-based target subject captured over the course of the arc of its airborne trajectory.

Abstract: With regard to an electronic device including a display function in a rotatable housing, operations necessary for function calling and determining processes are facilitated. An electronic device (portable terminal apparatus) including a display function in a rotatable housing includes a displaying unit that displays a first screen (e.g., vertical screen) or a second screen (e.g., horizontal screen) in accordance with rotation, and a controlling unit (CPU) that launches a function by rotating the displaying unit and switching the first screen to the second screen and that determines an selected item from the switched second screen by rotating and returning the displaying unit from the second screen to the first screen.

Abstract: A camera module includes a lens barrel, a lens holder, an image pickup device, and a plurality of springs supporting the lens holder in such a manner that the lens holder is movable along an optical axis of an imaging optical system. Each of the springs includes first and second arm portions extending perpendicularly to each other in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis. Each of the first and second arm portions includes two parallel spring strips that are connected to each other by an arc portion. One of the spring strips of the first arm portion is connected to one of the spring strips of the second arm portion. The other one of the spring strips of the first arm portion is attached to the lens holder, and the other one of the spring strips of the second arm portion is attached to the lens barrel.

Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a case, a camera lens module, and a support. The case has a lens hole. The camera lens is received in the case and corresponding to the lens hole. The lens hole has a first connection portion. The first connection portion is engaged with a second connection portion of an external device accessory. Therefore, the external device accessory can be configured on the case and work with the camera lens module. The support is connected to the case, and positioned on the periphery of the lens hole. The support is configured for supporting the external device accessory on the case.

Abstract: One embodiment sets forth a method for modifying video content stored on a hand-held digital video camera (DVC). The method includes transmitting video data to a computer system to which the hand-held DVC is coupled via a data connector, receiving a request for a set of instructions related to a processing operation being performed on the computer system and involving the video data, transmitting the set of instructions to the computer system via the data connector. The method also includes drawing power from the computer system via the data connector and charging at least in part a battery associated with the hand-held DVC with the power drawn from the computer system, where the hand-held DVC remains coupled to the computer system via the data connector for the steps of transmitting, receiving, drawing and charging.

Abstract: An exemplary portable electronic device includes a main body defining a shaft receiving hole an inner surface in the shaft receiving hole, a camera unit mounted on the main body, and a fastening member. The camera unit includes a camera module, and a shaft connected with the camera module. The shaft is rotatably received in the hole, and axially movable relative to the main body. The inner surface and the shaft cooperatively define a wedge-shaped space. The fastening member includes an elastic portion. The elastic portion is slidable between a first position where the elastic portion is engaged in a narrow end of the space, and the shaft is securely fastened to the main body by the elastic portion, and a second position where the elastic portion is disengaged from the narrower end of the space, and the shaft is unfastened from the main body.

Abstract: A remote inspection device is provided for inspecting visually obscured locations. The device is generally comprised of a imager housing and a display housing disposed on opposite ends of a modular, flexible cable. An imaging device is embedded in the end of the cylindrical imager housing, such that the imaging device is able to capture an image of a viewing area proximate to the distal end of the flexible cable. One or more light sources also protrude from the outwardly facing end of the cylindrical imager housing along a perimeter of the imaging device such that the imaging device is recessed between the light sources. A display housing is coupled to the other end of the flexible cable and configured to be grasped by a user of the device. A display device supported by the display housing receives a video signal from the imaging device and converts the video signal to a video image.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus which has a small-sized removable handle unit easy to be handled and removed and prevents breakage of electrical contacts. The handle unit includes a handle-side connector having a handle-side connector terminal section, rear handle fixing members for mounting the handle unit to the main unit, a connector fixing plate for mounting the handle-side connector to the handle unit, and resilient members interposed between the handle-side connector and the connector fixing plate. The main unit includes a main unit-side connector having a second terminal section and a main unit-side fixing portion to which the rear handle fixing members are affixed. The handle-side connector and the main unit-side connector are connected such that the first terminal section and the second terminal section are electrically connected in a state of the rear handle fixing members being affixed to the main unit-side fixing portion.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for scanning objects using an imaging scanner comprising a housing, a circuit board comprising a mounted imaging sensor and an optical module positioned in front of the imaging sensor, creating at least part of an optical path between the optical module and the sensor. In an embodiment, the circuit board is positioned in the housing and the imaging sensor is tilted with respect to the optical path.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a mobile communications device with a camera, comprising a microphone (5), loudspeaker, display, keypad and camera. According to the invention the mobile communications device comprises at least two parts covering each other alternatively completely in the transport position of the camera or partly in the operational position of the camera so that when the parts (1, 2) cover each other in the transport position of the camera the lens (13) of the camera is protected, and in the operational position of the camera the lens (13) of the camera is exposed. Such a mobile communications device is easy to use and includes a protected lens (13) the protection of which is based on normal procedures carried out by the user of the mobile communications device when using the device.