Tiltable tripod attachment for a camera
OwnerChong Y. Nginventor
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Abstract
Three pivotally interconnected arms are pivotally and slidably connected to a frame which is slidably connected to a base. One of the arms supports a camera thereon. The arms are pivotal to the left and to the right to reformat a camera view from horizontal to vertical or vice versa. The base slides with respect to the frame to eliminate horizontal parallax error. Vertical parallax error can be compensated for by elevating the arm supporting the camera.
Claims10
An attachment for a camera tripod, support, or the like for use with cameras of the type having rectangular formats in order to allow horizontal to vertical reformatting of the camera view without introducing horizontal parallax error into the view, comprising:
- an elongated frame having first and second ends and forward and rearward sides;
- an elongated rearward arm having first and second ends, the first end pivotally connected to the first end of the frame rearward side;
- an elongated forward arm having first and second ends, the second end pivotally connected to the second end of the frame forward side;
- a middle arm having first and second ends and an intermediate section having means for securing a camera thereto, the middle arm first end pivotally connected to the first end of the forward arm, and the middle arm second end pivotally connected to the second end of the rearward arm, so that the rearward and middle arms are pivotable about a first rotational axis at the first end of the frame and so that the forward and middle arms are also pivotable about a second rotational axis at the second end of the frame;
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- a base, slidably connected to the frame for relative linear movement therebetween and having means for attaching a camera support thereto, whereby a camera attached to the middle arm can be rotated ninety degrees about either axis and the frame can be linearly displaced with respect to the base to eliminate horizontal parallax error introduced by rotation of the middle arm about the axes.
An attachment for a camera tripod, support, or the like for use with cameras of the type having rectangular formats in order to allow horizontal to vertical reformatting of the camera view without introducing horizontal parallax error into the view, comprising:
- three pivotally interconnected arms, one of the arms having means for securing a camera thereto;
- a frame having pivotal connection means for pivotally connecting one of the arms thereto;
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- a base, slidably connected to the frame for relative linear movement therebetween, wherein a camera secured to one of the arms by the camera-securing means can be rotated ninety degrees about the pivotal connection means and the frame can be linearly displaced with respect to the base to eliminate horizontal parallax error introduced by rotation of the camera about the pivotal connection means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.