Wrist-Worn Device with One or More Cameras and a Comfortable Arm Posture During Imaging
AssigneeMedibotics LLC
InventorRobert A. Connor
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Abstract
This invention is a smart watch or other wrist-worn device with one or more cameras and a display which enables a person wearing the device to aim the focal direction of imaging while keeping with their arm in a comfortable, non-contorted configuration. The display can serve as a view finder for a camera. An arcuate array of cameras can be distributed around a portion of the circumference of the person's wrist and one camera from the array can be selected to record images from a particular angle at a particular time.
Claims20
A smart watch, watch band, or other wrist-worn device with a camera comprising:
- a display which is centered on the 12 o'clock location on a person's wrist, wherein clock locations around the person's wrist are defined relative to 12 o'clock being at the middle of the dorsal side and 6 o'clock being at the middle of the ventral side as viewed in a finger-to-elbow direction;
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- an outward-facing camera on a location other than the 12 o'clock location.
A smart watch, watch band, or other wrist-worn device with a camera comprising:
- a display which is configured to be worn on a person's wrist;
- a band which is configured to be worn on the person's wrist;
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- an arcuate array of cameras which are distributed around at least a portion of a circumference of the band, wherein the arcuate array of cameras collectively spans at least 25% of the circumference of the person's wrist, and wherein a selected camera in the array is selected by the person to record images at a given time.
A smart watch, watch band, or other wrist-worn device with a camera comprising:
- a display which is configured to be worn on a person's wrist;
- a band which is configured to be worn on the person's wrist;
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- a camera which is moved around at least a portion of the circumference of the band in order to capture images from different angles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.