Accessory for portable imaging device
AssigneeMuses Consolidated
InventorAdam Hicks
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Abstract
An apparatus for attachment to a portable image capture and storage device. The apparatus includes an auxiliary lens and an elastic band coupled thereto. The auxiliary lens is shaped for image alteration of an image obtained by the portable image capture and storage device. The auxiliary lens characterized by an optical axis extending from a base of the lens to a crown of the lens. The elastic band extends, at least in part, in a lateral direction, substantially orthogonal to the optical axis, from the auxiliary lens. The elastic band in combination with the auxiliary lens forms a closed loop whereby the apparatus is removably attachable to a peripheral portion of the image capture and storage device to alter the appearance of the image obtained by the portable image capture and storage device.
Claims21
An apparatus for attachment to a portable image capture and storage device, the apparatus comprising:
- an auxiliary lens shaped to alter an image obtained by the portable image capture and storage device, the auxiliary lens characterized by an optical axis extending from a base of the lens to a crown of the lens;
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- an elastic band having an aperture disposed therein, the auxiliary lens positioned in the aperture such that the auxiliary lens in combination with the elastic band coupled thereto form a closed loop, the auxiliary lens and the elastic band coupled such that the auxiliary lens is positioned in a plane of the elastic band, whereby the apparatus is removably attachable to a peripheral portion of the image capture and storage device to alter the appearance of the image obtained by the portable image capture and storage device.
A method of manufacturing an apparatus for attachment to a portable image capture and storage device, the method comprising:
- forming an aperture in an elastic band;
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- positioning an auxiliary lens in the aperture such that the auxiliary lens is positioned in a plane of the elastic band, the auxiliary lens shaped for image alteration of an image obtained by the portable image capture and storage device, the auxiliary lens characterized by an optical axis extending from a base of the lens to a crown of the lens, the auxiliary lens positioned in the aperture such that the auxiliary lens in combination with the elastic band coupled thereto form a closed loop, whereby the apparatus is removably attachable to a peripheral portion of the image capture and storage device to alter the appearance of the image obtained by the portable image capture and storage device.
An apparatus for attachment to a portable image capture and storage device, the apparatus comprising:
- an auxiliary lens shaped to alter an image obtained by the portable image capture and storage device, the auxiliary lens characterized by an optical axis extending from a base of the lens to a crown of the lens;
- a frame coupled to a peripheral portion of the auxiliary lens;
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- an elastic band having a first end coupled to and extending from a first portion of the frame, the elastic band extending from the first end of the elastic band to a second end of the elastic band, the second end of the elastic band coupled to and extending from a second portion of the auxiliary lens such that the auxiliary lens in combination with the frame and the elastic band coupled thereto form a closed loop, the auxiliary lens and the elastic band coupled via the frame such that the auxiliary lens is positioned in a plane of the elastic band, whereby the apparatus is removably attachable to a peripheral portion of the image capture and storage device to alter the appearance of the image obtained by the portable image capture and storage device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.