Magnetic Camera Coupling System

A camera system for use with a portable computer device comprising:

• a portable computer device including at least one of a smartphone, tablet, tablet phone having a total volume smaller than twenty cubic inches;
• a camera module having an outer dimension smaller than three cubic inches, wherein the camera module includes a data coupler, battery, lens, image sensor, circuit board, and microphone, and wherein the camera module is configured to generate data from at least one of the image sensor or microphone;
• wherein the camera module is configured to transmit and receive data from the portable computer device via the data coupler, wherein the transmitted data includes video data and the received data includes on/off recording;
• a user head mounted accessory including at least one of a pair of glasses, hat, headband, and jewelry;
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• a magnetic coupling system configured to selectively releasably couple the camera module directly with the user head accessory, wherein the magnetic coupling system includes a magnet disposed within each of the camera module and the user head accessory, and wherein the magnetic coupling system includes a coupled state with the camera module directly coupled to the user head mounted accessory via a magnetic force between the magnet within the camera module and the head mounting accessory. And wherein the user mounted head accessory and magnetic coupling are configured to substantially align the camera module with the field of view of the user.

A camera system for use with a portable computer device comprising:

• a portable computer device including at least one of a smartphone, tablet, tablet phone having a total volume smaller than twenty cubic inches;
• a camera module having an outer dimension smaller than three cubic inches, wherein the camera module includes a data coupler, battery, lens, image sensor, circuit board, and microphone, and wherein the camera module is configured to generate data from at least one of the image sensor or microphone;
• wherein the camera module is configured to transmit and receive data from the portable computer device via the data coupler, wherein the transmitted data includes video data and the received data includes on/off recording;
• a user head mounted accessory including at least one of a pair of glasses, hat, headband, and jewelry;
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• a magnetic coupling system configured to selectively releasably couple the camera module directly with the user head accessory, wherein the magnetic coupling system includes a magnet disposed within each of the camera module and the user head accessory, and wherein the magnetic coupling system includes a coupled state with the camera module directly coupled to the user head mounted accessory via a magnetic force between the magnet within the camera module and the head mounting accessory, and wherein the coupled state of the magnetic coupling system includes a rotational coupling between the camera module and the user head accessory further configured to maintain the magnetic coupling between the camera module and the user head accessory while allowing the camera module to be selectively rotatable with respect to the user head accessory.