Camera automated orientation with magnetic attachment to display panel

A method for coupling a camera to a display, the method comprising:

• coupling a cylindrical housing of the camera to a display panel front face with a magnet disposed in the one end of the cylindrical housing attracted to a ferromagnetic material behind the display panel and a camera module disposed in an opposing end of the cylindrical housing having a field of view directed towards the front of the display panel;
• sensing an orientation of the camera module relative to a vertical orientation;
• and
• presenting an indication of the orientation at the cylindrical housing camera module end by:
• presenting a first color illumination when the orientation falls within a predetermined range of an upright vertical orientation;
• and
• presenting a second color illumination when the orientation falls outside of the predetermined range of the upright vertical orientation.

A camera comprising:

• a cylindrical housing;
• a camera module disposed at one end of the cylindrical housing and aligned to capture visual images from a field of view;
• a magnet disposed in an opposite end of the cylindrical housing and configured to couple to a display panel backplate to hold the cylindrical housing at the display panel front side with the field of view directed away from the display panel;
• a processing resource disposed in cylindrical housing;
• an orientation sensor disposed in the cylindrical housing and interfaced with the processing resource;
• an orientation indicator disposed in the cylindrical housing and interfaced with the processing resource;
• and
• non-transitory memory interfaced with processing resource and storing instructions that when executed on the processing resource presents a camera module orientation with the orientation indicator based upon an orientation sensed by the orientation sensor;
• wherein the orientation sensor comprises an accelerometer and the orientation indicator illuminates to indicate an orientation of the camera module of within a predetermined range of an upright vertical orientation.