Camera with touch sensor integrated with lens window
AssigneeGoPro, Inc.
InventorBryan Asuncion
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Abstract
A camera comprises a camera body, an image sensor internal to the camera body for capturing images, a lens assembly, a display screen on an external face of the camera body, and a touch controller. The lens assembly comprises one or more lens elements to direct light to the image sensor. The one or more lens elements includes a lens window on the external face of the camera body that comprises a transparent integrated touch sensor to detect a position of a touch on the lens window and to generate a touch signal indicating the position of the touch. The touch controller processes the touch signal and updates a display on the display screen in response to the touch signal.
Claims20
A camera, comprising:
- a camera body;
- an image sensor internal to the camera body for capturing images;
- a lens assembly comprising one or more lens elements to direct light to the image sensor, the one or more lens elements including a lens window on the external face of the camera body, the lens window comprising a transparent integrated touch sensor to detect a position of a touch on the lens window and to generate a touch signal indicating the position of the touch;
- a display screen on an external face of the camera body;
- a touch controller to process the touch signal and to update a display on the display screen in response to the touch signal.
A camera, comprising:
- a camera body;
- a first image sensor internal to the camera body for capturing first images;
- a second image sensor internal to the camera body for capturing second images;
- a first lens assembly comprising one or more first lens elements to direct first light to the first image sensor, the one or more first lens elements including a first lens window on an first external face of the camera body;
- a second lens assembly comprising one or more second lens elements to direct second light to the second image sensor, the one or more second lens elements including a second lens window on a second external face of the camera body,
- a transparent touch sensor integrated with the first lens assembly, the transparent touch sensor to detect a position of a touch on the first lens window and to generate a touch signal indicating the position of the touch;
- a display screen on the first external face of the camera body;
- a touch controller to process the touch signal and to update a display on the display screen in response to the touch signal.
A camera, comprising:
- a camera body;
- an image sensing means internal to the camera body for capturing images;
- an assembly comprising one or more light-directing means for directing light to the image sensor, the one or more light-directing means including an outermost light-directing means on the external face of the camera body, the outermost light-directing means comprising a transparent integrated touch sensing means for detecting a position of a touch on the lens window and to generate a touch signal indicating the position of the touch;
- a display means on an external face of the camera body for displaying content;
- a touch controlling means for processing the touch signal and to update the content on the display means in response to the touch signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.