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US 11,388,344 B2Granted
Camera tilting mechanism for displays with corner chamfers
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsJeff Ku, Tom Chen, Vincent Hung
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Abstract
System and method for enabling capturing of multiple images from a display device in which one or more image capturing devices disposed, at least partially, in the display device are controllably oriented to capture one or more views of a subject for combining (e.g., via optical tiling of captured image data) into a composite view.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a display device having a viewing surface defining a plane, and an edge with opposing first and second top corner regions;
- and
- an image capturing device disposed, at least partially, in one of the opposing first and second top corner regions, the image capturing device having an angular field of view centered about an axis, and configured to be selectively positioned in:
- a first disposition where the image capturing device is restrained relative to the viewing surface of the display device, and the axis defines a first angle relative to the viewing surface, or
- a second disposition wherein the image capturing device is unrestrained and deployed at least partially above the viewing surface of the display device in a direction that is tilted relative to the plane of the viewing surface of the display device, and the axis defines a second angle relative to the viewing surface and unequal to the first angle.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a display device having a viewing surface defining a plane, and an edge with opposing first and second top corner regions;
- a keyboard housing having a keyboard, coupled to the display device, the display device and the keyboard housing being rotatable relative to each other between an open position and a closed position;
- and
- an image capturing device disposed, at least partially, in one of the opposing first and second top corner regions, the image capturing device having an angular field of view centered about an axis, and configured to be selectively positioned in:
- a first disposition where the image capturing device is restrained relative to the viewing surface of the display device, and the axis defines a first angle relative to the viewing surface, when the display device and the keyboard housing are in the closed position relative to each other, or
- a second disposition where the image capturing device is unrestrained and deployed at least partially above the viewing surface of the display device in a direction that is tilted relative to the viewing surface of the display device, and the axis defines a second angle relative to the viewing surface and unequal to the first angle, when the display device and the keyboard housing are in the open position relative to each other.
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An apparatus including a display having one or more image capturing devices, comprising:
- a display device having a viewing surface and an edge with opposing first and second top corner regions;
- and
- an image capturing device disposed in one of said opposing first and second top corner regions, and having an angular field of view centered about an axis, and configured to be selectively positioned in:
- a disposition where the image capturing device is restrained below the viewing surface of the display device, and said axis defines an angle relative to said viewing surface, or
- an alternative disposition wherein the image capturing device is unrestrained and deployed above the viewing surface of the display device in a tilted manner in a direction orthogonal to the viewing surface of the display device, and said axis defines an alternative angle relative to said viewing surface and unequal to said angle.
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An apparatus including a display having one or more image capturing devices, comprising:
- a display device having a viewing surface and an edge with opposing first and second top corner regions;
- a keyboard housing having a keyboard, coupled to the display device, the display device and the keyboard housing being rotatable relative to each other between an open position and a closed position;
- and
- an image capturing device disposed in one of said opposing first and second top corner regions and having an angular field of view centered about an axis, and configured to be selectively positioned in a disposition where the image capturing device is restrained below the viewing surface of the display device, and said axis defines an angle relative to said viewing surface when the display device and the keyboard housing are in the closed position relative to each other, or
- an alternative disposition where the image capturing device is unrestrained and deployed above the viewing surface of the display device in a tilted manner in a direction orthogonal to the viewing surface of the display device, and said axis defines an alternative angle relative to said viewing surface and unequal to said angle when the display device and the keyboard housing are in the open position relative to each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.