Systems and methods for using a digital imaging device using a near-eye viewfinder adapter
OwnerMatt Flach, Heather N. Bean +1inventors
InventorsMatt Flach, Heather N. Bean, Mark N. Robins
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Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to an imaging device. The imaging device comprises a near-eye viewfinder that is operable to display an image using image data associated with the imaging device; and a viewing structure that is adapted to be placed over the near-eye viewfinder, wherein the viewing structure comprises a screen member that is operable to partially scatter light associated with the displayed image thereby permitting the image to be viewed from a greater field of view than the near-eye viewfinder provides.
Claims24
An imaging device, comprising:
- a near-eye viewfinder that is operable to display an image using image data associated with said imaging device;
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- a viewing structure that is adapted to be placed over said near-eye viewfinder, wherein said viewing structure comprises a screen member that is operable to partially scatter light associated with said displayed image thereby permitting said image to be viewed from a greater field of view than said near-eye viewfinder provides.
A method of operating an imaging device, comprising:
- displaying an image on a near-eye viewfinder;
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- attaching a viewing structure to said near-eye viewfinder, wherein said viewing structure comprises a screen member that is operable to partially scatter light associated with said displayed image to permit said image to be viewed from a greater field of view than said near-eye viewfinder provides.
A viewing structure that is operable to permit a near-eye viewfinder to be utilized simultaneously by a plurality of users of a digital imaging device, said viewing structure comprising:
- an aperture adapted to said near-eye viewfinder;
- a screen member that is operable to partially scatter light associated with an image displayed by said near-eye viewfinder permitting said image to be viewed from a greater field of view than said near-eye viewfinder provides;
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- a frame member that is operable to shield ambient light from said screen member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.