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US 12,764,399 B2Granted
Low profile image capture device and multi-part replaceable cover lens
AssigneeGoPro, Inc.
InventorsNicholas Vitale, Jesse Frost Patterson, Tsz-Ming Lin, FengXue Cui
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Abstract
An image capture apparatus including a forward housing, a rear housing, and a front heatsink. The forward housing is a forward heatsink. The rear housing is a rear heatsink. The front heatsink houses all or a portion of an integrated sensor and lens assembly (ISLA).
Claims20
An image capture apparatus, comprising:
- a forward housing;
- a rearward housing located opposite the forward housing, wherein the forward housing and the rearward housing have an area that are substantially identical;
- an image sensor and lens assembly (ISLA) located within the image capture apparatus with at least a portion of the ISLA extending through the forward housing;
- and
- a removable cover lens located forward of the forward housing and covering the portion of the ISLA that extends through the forward housing, wherein the removable cover lens extends beyond the area of the forward housing and the rearward housing so that a width, a length, or both of the removable cover lens extends beyond the area of the forward housing and the rearward housing, wherein the removable cover lens comprises:
- a base member;
- a lens connected to the base member so that the lens forms a forward surface of the removable cover lens;
- and
- an elastic member located between the base member and the forward housing of the image capture apparatus, wherein the elastic member imparts a force on the removable cover lens when the removable cover lens is connected to the image capture apparatus.
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An image capture apparatus, comprising:
- a forward housing, wherein the forward housing has a length that extends between a first side and a second side;
- a rearward housing located opposite the forward housing and forming an interior space within the image capture apparatus;
- an image sensor and lens assembly (ISLA) having a first portion located within the interior space and a second portion extending through the forward housing of the image capture apparatus;
- and
- a removable cover lens connected to and covering the second portion of the ISLA,
- wherein the image sensor of the ISLA is located a first distance from the first side and a second distance from the second side so that the first distance is about 20 percent of the length or less;
- and
- wherein the ISLA is located with the interior space at a location so that a first part of the removable cover lens extends directly forward of the forward housing and a second part of the removable cover lens extends outside of a region forward of the forward housing.
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An image capture apparatus, comprising:
- an image sensor and lens assembly (ISLA) comprising an image sensor;
- a battery bracket;
- and
- a battery heat spreader that connects to a first heat producing component at a first end and connects to the battery bracket at a second end so that heat is transferred from the ISLA to the battery bracket,
- wherein the first heat producing component is the image sensor, and
- wherein the battery heat spreader is a thermally conductive material and is flexible so that the battery heat spreader is capable of extending around other internal components of the image capture apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.