Remote control accessory for a camera-equipped wireless communications device
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorMatthew J. Murray
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Abstract
A hand-held accessory for a camera-equipped device comprises a short-range transceiver to transmit signals to and receive signals from the camera-equipped device. A controller and a display are operatively connected to the short-range transceiver. The controller generates control signals responsive to user input, and conveys the control signals to the short-range transceiver for transmission to the camera-equipped device. The control signals control the camera functionality on the camera-equipped device. Images captured by the camera-equipped device may be displayed on the accessory display.
Claims26
A hand-held accessory for a camera-equipped cellular communication device comprising:
- a short-range transceiver to transmit signals to and receive signals from the camera-equipped cellular communication device having a flash;
- a light sensor configured to measure light emitted by the flash device;
- a controller operatively coupled to the short-range transceiver and configured to generate control signals to remotely control the camera-equipped device to:
- activate the flash to emit light at a first predetermined luminosity to be measured by the light sensor;
- control the camera-equipped device to adjust the intensity of the flash to a second luminosity responsive to the amount of light measured by the light sensor;
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- activate the flash to emit light at a second luminosity to capture an image, the second luminosity being based on the amount of measured light;
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- a display operatively coupled to the short-range transceiver to display the captured image.
A method of remotely controlling a camera-equipped cellular communication device using a hand-held accessory comprising:
- generating control signals to:
- remotely activate a flash device associated with a camera-equipped cellular communication device to emit light at a first predetermined luminosity to be measured by a light sensor at a hand-held accessory;
- remotely control the camera-equipped device to adjust the intensity of the flash device to a second luminosity responsive to the amount of measured light;
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- remotely activate the flash device to emit light at the second luminosity to capture an image;
- transmitting the control signals to the camera-equipped device using a short-range transceiver;
- receiving signals from the camera-equipped device using the short-range transceiver;
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- displaying the captured image on a display of the hand-held accessory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.