Remote image capture and mounting ecosystem
AssigneeGoPro, Inc.
InventorsNicholas D. Woodman, Daniel J. Coster, Joshua T. Druker
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Abstract
This disclosure describes a system including an imaging device. The imaging device includes an imaging unit with a lens that focuses light onto an image sensor that produces image data, wherein the image data is only stored by the imaging device for transfer to and processing by an external device. The imaging device includes a control interface that provides commands to the imaging unit. The system also includes a mount with a wall that releasably secures the imaging device and provides access to the control interface and a securing structure that secures the mount to a variety of locations.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- an imaging device, comprising:
- an imaging unit with a lens that focuses light onto an image sensor that produces image data, wherein the image data is stored by the imaging device for transfer to and processing by an external device;
- a first input/output module comprising an electronic contact location, wherein the electronic contact location is generally planar and extends along an exterior surface of the imaging device;
- an indicator configured to emit different patterns of beeps or buzzes to represent different modes, power states, or connection statuses of the imaging device;
- and
- a control interface that provides commands to the imaging unit;
- and
- a housing, comprising:
- a cavity within which sides of the imaging device are releasably secured without restricting access to the control interface of the imaging device;
- and
- a cover configured to enclose the cavity and display at least one of a time, a date, or the image data in a manner that at least partially obscures the lens of the imaging device.
A housing for an imaging device, comprising:
- walls defining a cavity configured to receive and releasably secure the imaging device within the housing such that access to a lens of the imaging device is unrestricted;
- an input/output module configured to couple to an input/output module of the imaging device when the imaging device is secured within the housing;
- and
- a cover configured to enclose the imaging device within the cavity, the cover including a display configured to:
- display at least one of a time or a date such that the displayed time or the displayed date at least partially obscures a lens of the imaging device;
- and
- become at least partially permeable to light to allow full function of the lens,
- wherein the housing is configured to supply a charge to the imaging device based on coupling the input/output module of the housing and the input/output module of the imaging device.
An imaging device, comprising:
- an imaging unit with a lens that focuses light onto an image sensor that produces image data, wherein the image data is only stored by the imaging device for transfer to and processing by an external device;
- a control interface that receives user inputs and provides commands for the imaging unit;
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- a planar electronic contact location contiguous with an outer surface of the imaging unit and configured to electronically couple to a planar electronic contact location contiguous with an outer surface of a housing having walls defining a cavity for receiving and releasably securing the imaging device,
- wherein the imaging device is configured to communicate the image data to the external device in response to the electronic contact location of the imaging device being coupled to the electronic contact location of the housing, and
- wherein the housing includes a cover configured to enclose the imaging device within the cavity and to become at least partially permeable to light to allow function of the lens.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.