Image capture systems for use in land and underwater environments
AssigneeGoPro, Inc.
InventorIan Copeland Griggs
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Abstract
An image capture system that includes an image capture apparatus and at least one optical accessory. The image capture apparatus includes a body and at least one lens that is supported by the body so as to define a field-of-view for the image capture apparatus. The at least one optical accessory is configured to overlie the at least one lens and thereby shift the field-of-view outwardly away from the image capture apparatus so as to define at least one blind area that is configured such that the field-of-view is spaced from the body of the image capture apparatus.
Claims20
An image capture system comprising:
- an image capture apparatus including:
- a body;
- and
- at least one lens supported by the body, wherein the at least one lens defines a first field-of-view;
- and
- at least one optical accessory configured to overlie the at least one lens, wherein the at least one optical accessory defines a second field-of-view that is spaced outwardly from the first field-of-view away from the body of the image capture apparatus by a predetermined distance that lies within a range of approximately ½ mm to approximately 5 mm so as to define at least one blind.
An image capture system comprising:
- an image capture apparatus including:
- a body;
- and
- at least one lens supported by the body, wherein the at least one lens defines a first field-of-view;
- at least one first optical accessory including first optical properties;
- and
- at least one second optical accessory including second optical properties different than the first optical properties,
- wherein the at least one first optical accessory and the at least one second optical accessory are each configured to overlie the at least one lens and each define a second field-of-view that is spaced outwardly from the first field-of-view away from the body of the image capture apparatus by a predetermined distance that lies within a range of approximately ½ mm to approximately 5 mm.
An underwater image capture system for use with an image capture apparatus defining an optical axis and a first field-of-view, the underwater image capture system comprising:
- an underwater housing configured to receive the image capture apparatus;
- and
- at least one optical accessory defining a second field-of-view spaced outwardly from the first field-of-view along the optical axis by a predetermined distance that lies within a range of approximately ½ mm to approximately 5 mm so as to define at least one blind area configured to receive the underwater housing so as to inhibit detection of the at least one blind area and the underwater housing by at least one image sensor of the image capture apparatus when the image capture apparatus is positioned within the underwater housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.