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US 2012/0069208 A1Published application
Methods, Systems , and Computer Program Products for Assuring Horizontal Image Capture
OwnerJoseph Bernard Weinman, JR.inventor
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Abstract
A system comprises an accelerometer, a display, an image capture means, a controller, and an indicator capable of displaying angle from vertical or horizontal, whereby the controller uses data acquired from the accelerometer to drive the indicator.
Claims9
A system, comprising:
- an accelerometer;
- a display;
- an image capture means;
- a controller;
- an indicator capable of displaying angle from vertical or horizontal;
- whereby the controller uses data acquired from the accelerometer to drive the indicator.
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An article of manufacture, comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code comprising:
- computer readable program code configured to process attitude data from an accelerometer;
- computer readable program code configured to acquire graphical data from an image capture means;
- computer readable program code configured to generate a graphical indication of the attitude data;
- computer readable program code configured to superimpose the graphical indication of the attitude data on the graphical data from the image capture means and drive an integrated display.
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A method of assuring proper orientation during image capture, comprising:
- acquiring orientation data;
- processing that data;
- determining whether the orientation is level;
- and, indicating whether the orientation is level.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.