Mouth Camera
OwnerTravis A. Blackmaninventor
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Abstract
Here is disclosed a video camera for capturing a video image from a participant's point of view. The video camera is mountable in the participant's mouth by the participant gripping the video camera between his or her upper and lower teeth. The device includes a compact video camera having a lens for gathering a video image and a mouth guard dimensioned to fit comfortably between the participant's upper and lower teeth. The mouth guard has first and second arcuate indentations dimensioned and configured to snuggly receive the participant's upper and lower teeth, respectively. The video camera is housed in a camera housing formed on the mouth guard such that the lens is positioned between the participant's upper and lower teeth and is oriented to gather the video image from outside the participant's mouth.
Claims20
A video camera for capturing a video image from a participant's point of view by mounting the video camera in the participant's mouth between the participants upper and lower teeth, the camera comprising:
- a. A compact video camera for gathering a video image;
- b. A tooth grip member dimensioned to fit comfortably between the participant's upper and lower teeth;
- c. The tooth grip member having first and second indentations dimensioned and configured to snuggly receive the participant's upper and lower teeth, respectively;
- d. The video camera being contained in a camera housing coupled to the tooth grip member such that the compact video camera is positioned between the participants's upper and lower teeth and is oriented to gather the video image from outside the participant's mouth.
A video camera for capturing a video image from a participant's point of view by mounting the video camera in the participant's mouth between the participants upper and lower teeth, the camera comprising:
- e. A compact video camera for gathering a video image;
- f. A U shaped member having upper and lower sides, the U shaped member being dimensioned and configured such that the U shaped member can be held by the participant by gripping the U shaped member between the upper and lower teeth;
- g. A camera housing coupled to a front portion of the U shaped member, the camera housing having a front face with a camera aperture aligned with the compact video camera, the camera housing configured to orient the compact video camera such that it is pointed forward relative to the participant.
A video camera for capturing a video image from a participant's point of view by mounting the video camera in the participant's mouth between the participants upper and lower teeth and the participants upper and lower lips, the camera comprising:
- h. A compact video camera for gathering a video image;
- i. A mouth guard dimensioned to fit comfortably between the participant's upper and lower teeth;
- j. The mouth guard having first and second arcuate indentations dimensioned and configured to snuggly receive the participant's upper and lower teeth, respectively;
- k. The video camera being contained in a camera housing coupled to the mouth guard such that the compact video camera is positioned between the participant's upper and lower teeth and is oriented to point forward relative to the participant, and
- l. wherein the mouth guard is configured to position the camera housing to project beyond the participant's lips when the mouth guard is gripped in the mouth of the participant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.