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US 9,544,539 B2Granted
Optical adapters for mobile devices with a camera
OwnerKendyl A Romaninventor
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Portable, mobile, lightweight, removable, low cost, easy to manufacture, easy to ship, easy to transport, easy to store, and easy to use optical adapters that provides an effective means of videoconferencing over a mobile phone or other mobile device with a camera. Embodiments include landscape and portrait adapters that can be easily applied, used and removed while maintaining a professional and aesthetic appearance. Small mirrors within the optical adapter allow light from the front of the mobile device to enter the adapter and be conditioned and redirected into the built-in lens of the camera on the back of the mobile device. Novel embodiments include a lens reverser and/or a re-lens. Optical adapters also provide for self-imaging or surveillance. Various protective cases and adapter embodiments are configured to match specific mobile devices.
An optical adapter configured to be selectively attachable to a mobile device having a camera,
An optical adapter clip configured to be removable attached to a mobile device having a camera,
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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Optical objectives specially designed for the purposes specified below: miniaturised objectives for electronic devices, e.g. portable telephones,…
For lenses: permitting adjustment
Having refractive surfaces only: at least one surface having optical power
Characterised by the use: for use with a detector
About 3 years 4 months of term left · ends 26 Feb 2030 (estimated)
Field of Invention
The present invention relates to optical adapters, in particular optical adapters for mobile devices with still or video cameras.
Description of Prior Art
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FIG. 1A illustrates a side view of a mobile device with a camera opposite from a display.
FIG. 1B illustrates the back view of a mobile device with a camera.
lens reverser—A lens, known as a “null lens,” which counteracts the effects of another lens while leaving the other optical properties the same.
re-lens—A lens that reshapes the light consistent with an original lens which has been reversed with a lens reverser.
videoconference—Also known as a videoteleconference, a set of interactive telecommunication technologies which allow two or more locations to interact via two-way video and audio transmissions simultaneously.