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US 2017/0289488 A1Published application
Heads down intelligent display and processing
AssigneePeter G. Hartwell
InventorPeter G. Hartwell
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AssigneePeter G. Hartwell
InventorPeter G. Hartwell
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Techniques provided for using hardware and software to modify a mobile device to improve the safety and awareness of a user to their environmental surroundings. One embodiment of the invention is to update mobile device applications to include live video using the built in rear camera of area ahead of the user as background image. Rear camera would normally be viewing ground, so an embodiment includes a custom case or other attachment to the mobile device with a mirror to allow rear camera to view area ahead. The case or attachment positions the mirror relative to the camera and has an adjustable angle to achieve the correct field of view for the way (or posture) the user is holding the mobile device.
A method comprising:
A forward viewing system for use with a mobile device that comprises a camera, wherein the forward viewing system includes a mirror disposed at an angle that allows a forward view to be seen through a lens of the camera when the mobile device is held at an angle of 76 degrees or less relative to ground.
A mobile device having a camera and a lens through which the camera captures images, wherein the mobile device includes a screen and software for displaying a live video feed captured by the camera on the screen, wherein the lens is rotatably mounted on the mobile device to enable a forward view to be seen through a lens of the camera when the mobile device is held at an angle of 76 degrees or less relative to ground.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.