Hybrid viewfinder with transparent imaging sensor
AssigneeAdeia Imaging LLC
InventorNing Xu
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Abstract
A digital camera and a dual-mode viewfinder are provided. The camera includes a transparent imaging sensor that is configured to detect and refract light from an environment; a transparent display configured to display, at a same viewport, (i) the detected light from the environment as a digital representation, and (ii) the refracted light from the environment as an optical image; and control circuitry configured to: in a first mode of the camera, display on the transparent display the detected light from the environment as a digital representation, and, in a second mode of the camera, displaying on the transparent display the refracted light from the environment as an optical image. Related processes, subprocesses, apparatuses, devices, techniques, and articles are also described.
Claims20
A digital camera comprising:
- a transparent imaging sensor that is configured to detect and refract light from an environment;
- a transparent display configured to display, at a same viewport, (i) the detected light from the environment as a digital representation, and (ii) the refracted light from the environment as an optical image;
- and
- control circuitry configured to:
- in a first mode of the camera, display on the transparent display the detected light from the environment as a digital representation, and, in a second mode of the camera, displaying on the transparent display the refracted light from the environment as an optical image.
A method performed using a system, wherein the system comprises:
- a digital camera, comprising:
- a transparent imaging sensor that is configured to detect and refract light from an environment;
- a transparent display configured to display, at a same viewport, (i) the detected light from the environment as a digital representation, and (ii) the refracted light from the environment as an optical image;
- and
- control circuitry;
- the method comprising:
- receiving, using the control circuitry, by the transparent imaging sensor, sensor imaging data from the light from the environment;
- and
- in a first mode of the camera displaying, using the control circuitry, on the transparent display, the detected light from the environment as a digital representation, and, in a second mode of the camera, displaying on the transparent display the refracted light from the environment as an optical image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.