Detachable mini-camera device
OwnerBrian Anthony DAULTONinventor
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Abstract
Integrated but detachable mini-camera for a mobile device. The mobile device comprises a main body and a detachable mini-camera configured to attach to and detach from a socket in the main body. The detachable mini-camera may comprise at least one camera and a rechargeable battery configured to, while the detached mini-camera is attached to the main body, charge from a battery in the main body via the socket. While the detachable mini-camera is detached from the main body, a wireless transceiver in the detachable mini-camera wirelessly communicates with a wireless transceiver in the main body, and a mobile application, executed by a processor in the main body, controls the detachable mini-camera and receives image data from the detachable mini-camera via the wireless communication.
Claims16
A mobile device comprising:
- a main body comprising
- a battery,
- a first wireless transceiver,
- a socket,
- at least one hardware processor,
- a memory, and
- a mobile application stored in the memory;
- and
- a detachable mini-camera configured to attach to the socket and detach from the socket, wherein the detachable mini-camera comprises
- at least one camera,
- a rechargeable battery configured to charge from the battery in the main body when the detachable mini-camera is attached to the socket, and
- a second wireless transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate with the first wireless transceiver in the main body when the detachable mini-camera is detached from the socket;
- wherein the mobile application is configured to, when executed by the at least one hardware processor in the main body, when the detachable mini-camera is detached from the socket, wirelessly communicate with the detachable mini-camera, via the first and second wireless transceivers, to control the detachable mini-camera and receive image data captured by the detachable mini-camera.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.