Transferable mini-camera device
AssigneeBrian Anthony Daulton
InventorBrian Anthony Daulton
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Abstract
Transferable mini-camera for a plurality of devices. In an embodiment, the mini-camera comprises a connector configured to attach to a socket and detach from the socket on a plurality of devices, a rechargeable battery configured to charge from each of the plurality of devices when the connector is attached to the socket of that device, a wireless transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate with a first device when the connector is detached from the socket of the first device, a camera configured to capture image data, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to wirelessly transmit image data, captured by the camera, to the first device via the wireless transceiver, while the connector is attached to the socket of a second device and not the socket of the first device.
Claims18
A system comprising:
- an image-capture device comprising
- a connector configured to attach to a socket and detach from the socket on a plurality of devices, wherein the plurality of devices comprises a first device to which the image-capture device is initially paired and a second device,
- a rechargeable battery configured to charge from each of the plurality of devices when the connector is attached to the socket of that device,
- a wireless transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate with the first device when the connector is detached from the socket of the first device,
- a camera configured to capture image data, and
- at least one processor that is configured to
- wirelessly transmit image data, captured by the camera, to the first device via the wireless transceiver, while the connector is attached to the socket of the second device and not the socket of the first device and while the image-capture device is paired to the first device, and
- automatically pair to each of the plurality of devices when the connector is attached to the socket of that device;
- and
- the second device, wherein the second device comprises
- a sensor that detects when the connector of the image-capture device is attached to the socket of the second device, and
- at least one processor that is configured to automatically initiate pairing of the image-capture device to the second device when the sensor detects that the connector of the image-capture device is attached to the socket of the second device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.