Dynamically attach-/detachable rear facing touchscreen viewfinder for high-resolution smartphone camera self-aimed photography or videography
OwnerKynan Alon Ricks, Abhimanyu Uberoi +1inventors
InventorsKynan Alon Ricks, Abhimanyu Uberoi, Jeremiah Stepan
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Abstract
A dynamically attachable and detachable electronic viewfinder device provides a duplicate electronic display for attachment to any camera-enabled device. This viewfinder device may be attached to the non-display (rear facing) side of the camera-enabled device without obstructing the view of any native factory-installed cameras, while providing a secondary user interface display that shows live imaging from the rear side cameras and provides auxiliary touch screen capability.
Claims8
An apparatus for attachment to a computing device, wherein the computing device includes a first processor, a front-facing side and a first camera on the front-facing side, an electronic display on the front-facing side, and a rear-facing side and a second camera on the rear-facing side, comprising:
- an auxiliary electronic viewfinder display including a second processor configured to read image data captured by the second camera and replicate the image data as a live feed on the auxiliary electronic viewfinder display;
- a communication link coupling the auxiliary electronic viewfinder display to the processor of the computing device;
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- a mounting system configured for attachable and detachable mounting of the auxiliary electronic viewfinder display to the rear-facing side of the computing device, wherein the auxiliary electronic viewfinder display is configured to display an image captured by the second camera on the rear-facing side of the computing device when attached to the rear-facing side of the computing device, and wherein the auxiliary electronic viewfinder display is configured as a slave device that duplicates output of the electronic display of the computing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.