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US 10,218,905 B2Granted
Sliding accessory lens mount with automatic mode adjustment
AssigneeNokia Technologies Oy
InventorsMarko Eromaki, Tom Pylkkanen
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Abstract
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus is provided with: an accessory lens mount configured to movably attach to a camera, the camera having an objective; a plurality of different optical elements attached to the accessory lens mount such that each of the different optical elements is movable to a co-operating position with the objective by the accessory lens mount to a corresponding position by a user; and an optical mode indicator configured to enable automatic optical mode adjustment of the camera to suit with the optics formed by the objective and the optical element that is moved to the co-operating position with the objective.
Claims26
A device comprising a camera, the camera comprising:
- an objective;
- an image capture assembly;
- an attachment indicator configured to detect attaching of a sliding accessory lens mount to the device;
- an optical mode detector configured to receive an optical mode indication from an optical mode indicator of the sliding accessory lens mount such that one of different optical elements is linearly moved to a co-operating position with the objective;
- a touch detection surface, wherein the device is configured to detect a detection object of the optical mode indicator proximate the touch detection surface, and wherein the device is configured to use the touch detection surface for detection of a position of the mode indicator;
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- a processor configured to automatically determine one or more imaging parameters based on the optical mode indication and to correspondingly control the operation of one or more of the objective and the image capture assembly.
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An apparatus comprising:
- an objective;
- an image capture assembly;
- an attachment indicator configured to detect attaching of a sliding accessory lens mount to the apparatus;
- an optical mode indication input configured to receive an optical mode indication from an optical mode indicator, when the sliding accessory lens mount is attached to the apparatus such that one of different optical elements is moved to a co-operating position with the objective;
- a touch detection surface, wherein the apparatus is configured to detect a detection object of the optical mode indicator proximate the touch detection surface, and wherein the apparatus is configured to use the touch detection surface for detection of a position of the mode indicator;
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- a processor configured to automatically determine one or more imaging parameters based on the optical mode indication and to correspondingly control the operation of one or more of the objective and the image capture assembly.
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A method comprising:
- detecting, with an attachment indicator, attaching of a sliding accessory lens mount to a camera, the camera having an objective;
- wherein the sliding accessory lens mount has a plurality of different optical elements attached thereto such that each of the different optical elements is linearly movable to a co-operating position with the objective by the sliding accessory lens mount to a corresponding position by a user;
- detecting, with a touch detection surface, a detection object of an optical mode indicator of the sliding accessory lens mount proximate the touch detection surface, and wherein the touch detection surface is used for detection of a position of the mode indicator;
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- indicating optical mode of optics of the camera;
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- automatically adjusting optical mode of the camera to suit with the optics formed by the objective and the optical element that is linearly moved to the co-operating position with the objective.
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A method comprising:
- in a camera having an objective and an image capture assembly:
- receiving an optical mode indication from an optical mode indicator of a sliding accessory lens mount, when the accessory lens mount is attached to the device such that one of different optical elements is linearly moved to a co-operating position with the objective, wherein the device comprises an attachment indicator configured to detect attaching of the sliding accessory lens mount to the device;
- detecting, with a touch detection surface, a detection object of an optical mode indicator of the sliding accessory mount proximate the touch detection surface, and wherein the device is configured to use the touch detection surface for detection of a position of the mode indicator;
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- automatically determining one or more imaging parameters based on the optical mode indication;
- and correspondingly controlling the operation of one or more of the objective and the image capture assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.