Camera equipped helmet
AssigneeJeffrey L. Gindin
InventorJeffrey L. Gindin
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Abstract
A method and an article of manufacture are disclosed configured to allow viewing of scenes not directly in the field of view of the viewer. In various embodiments, a helmet is equipped with a video camera, facing in a direction other than the direction of view of the user of the helmet, and a display visible to the user to display the images captured by the video camera. The helmet may be used while riding a bicycle, a motorcycle, a horse, while walking, and the like. In some embodiments, the video camera transmits data wirelessly and the direction of its view is adjustable. In some embodiments, a storage device is integrated in the helmet to allow recording of the images and sounds captured by the video camera for future download to another recording medium or a computing device.
Claims16
A helmet comprising:
- a head shield;
- a video camera coupled with the head shield and configured to generate video data from a scene substantially not in the field of view of a wearer of the helmet;
- a mounting base configured to act as a gyroscopic base and couple the video camera as a whole unit with the helmet and further configured to automatically, without user input, maintain a desired fixed direction of the video camera with respect to ground independent of an orientation or change of orientation of the helmet with respect to the ground;
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- a display device directly coupled with the video camera and configured to display the video data.
A method of viewing a roadway by a rider, the method comprising:
- wearing a helmet configured to couple to a video camera, using a mounting base configured to act as a gyroscopic base and couple the video camera as a whole unit with the helmet and further configured to automatically, without user input, maintain a desired fixed direction of the video camera with respect to ground independent of an orientation or change of orientation of the helmet with respect to the ground, wherein the video camera is configured to generate video data from a scene substantially not in the field of view of the rider, and wherein a display device is integrated with the helmet;
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- viewing video data generated by the video camera sent directly to the display device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.