Camera with touch sensitive control
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsAnthony W. Schrock, Paul E. Spencer
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Abstract
A camera having a touch sensitive control with first and second positions spaced apart along a surface of the camera, and a shutter. A processor is connected to the touch sensitive control and the shutter, so that as a user slides a finger from the first to the second positions, the shutter is operated. The sliding shutter control inhibits vibration during picture taking while allowing a two-position shutter control. The touch sensitive control may particularly be a touch sensitive screen and icons controlling other camera functions can be presented thereon. These camera control icons can be re-positioned or re-sized on the screen to suit user preferences and/or physical limitations.
Claims13
A camera comprising:
- (a) a touch sensitive control having first and second positions spaced apart along a surface of the camera;
- (b) a shutter;
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- (c) a processor connected to the touch sensitive control and the shutter, so that as a user slides a finger from the first to the second positions, the shutter is operated.
A camera comprising:
- (a) a touch sensitive screen;
- (b) a shutter;
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- (c) a processor connected to the touch sensitive screen and the shutter, so that as a user slides a finger from a first to a second position, the shutter is operated.
A camera comprising:
- (a) a touch sensitive screen;
- (b) a zoom lens control with multiple zoom positions;
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- (c) a processor connected to the touch sensitive screen and the zoom control, to display a camera zoom icon with a first position, a second position, and one or more intermediate positions, so that a user can select multiple zoom positions of the camera by touching respective positions on the icon.
A camera comprising:
- (a) a touch sensitive screen;
- (b) a camera control which controls at least one function of the camera;
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- (c) a processor connected to the touch sensitive screen and the camera control, to display a camera control icon at different user selectable positions or sizes on the screen, so that touching the icon controls the corresponding camera function.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.