Non-Interference Field-of-view Support Apparatus for a Panoramic Sensor

A display system for a portable spherical camera system for a comprising:

• a portable spherical field-of-view camera including a compensation system for a facial sensor that blocks the field-of-view;
• said compensation system comprising a support housing including fasteners to secure the housing to the users head such that the housing, support armature, and a spherical field-of-view sensor assembly positioned by the user to be in front of the users face but not blocking the fine focus field-of-view of the user;
• said camera system and said user portable display system including at least one operating system software or firmware application to cooperatively process said spherical camera imagery and electrical power source to process said panoramic image for further processing or viewing while not blocking the sensors view of the users face or the users view of imagery and overlaid graphics and text on a display presented to a local or remote user;
• said camera including a communication device to transmit camera imagery by the use of circuitry or wirelessly at least some portion of said derived image from said camera system to at least one a personal electronic device (PED) display, eye mounted device (EMD) display, head mounted display (HMD) device, spherical camera housing display, integrated LED/OLED camera/display with touch-screen and associated processors, camera armature integrated display, or camera mast integrated display.

A wearable apparatus for attaching a portable spherical field-of-view camera to the head of a user comprising:

• a spherical field-of-view sensor assembly including:
• a sensor housing,
• a camera system with a plurality of objective lenses facing outward to provide continuous spherical field-of-view coverage mounted within the sensor housing;
• a support housing being adjustably mounted to the support armature while the support housing is secured by a fastener relative to the head of the user;
• said camera sensor housing connected by a fastener that attaches to the distal end of the support armature;
• said camera system mounted within the sensor housing in visual line of site to the face and at least one eye of the user;
• circuitry included in said housing miming through the support armature through at least one male and one female connecting jack between the armature and the camera;
• said circuitry facilitating command and control, physiological sensing, a display device, other peripheral device in communication with said apparatus, transmission of electrical power to the camera, or alternatively to provide just structural support and positioning of the sensor assembly if the attached sensor assembly has a wireless standalone capability;
• circuitry provided to connect in communicating relationship said camera through said support armature to a armature mounted camera for connection to a portable digital device via a flexible cable and connector;
• at least one actuator attached to said support armature that at least one raises, lowers, extends, rotates, or retracts at least one the armature and sensor assembly to a predetermined positon forward of the face of the a wearer or alternate position;
• said actuator responsive to command and control signals from said portable digital device and said sensor assembly such a that the sensor is moved forward of the users face at the initiation of a hands-free panoramic video teleconference conversation;
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• support housing including fasteners to secure the housing to the users head such that the housing, s support armature, and sensor assembly are positioned by the user to be in front of the users face but not blocking the fine focus field-of-view of the user.