Camera for an aerosol delivery device
AssigneeRAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
InventorsRajesh Sur, Stephen B. Sears, Michael F. Davis
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Abstract
An aerosol delivery device includes a housing, a cartridge coupled to the housing, a control component contained within the housing, and a camera system including a digital camera on the housing. The control component is configured to control operation of the aerosol delivery device in response to detection of airflow through at least a portion of the housing or cartridge. The digital camera is configured to capture images of an object or scene in a field of view thereof, with the images being transferrable locally to a memory configured to store the images, or externally to a computing device configured to store or display the images.
Claims10
An aerosol delivery device comprising:
- a housing;
- a cartridge coupled to the housing;
- a control component included in a printed circuit board (PCB) and contained within the housing and configured to control operation of the aerosol delivery device in response to detection of airflow through at least a portion of the housing;
- and
- a camera system comprising a digital camera positioned on the housing, the digital camera being configured to capture images of an object or scene in a field of view thereof, the images being transferred locally to a memory configured to store the images, or being transferred externally to a computing device configured to store the images or display the images on a display device,
- wherein the digital camera being configured to capture images includes being configured to capture video, the camera system being configured to encode the video using a video digital signal processor (DSP) included in the camera system and wirelessly stream the encoded video to the computing device, and
- wherein simultaneously, the digital camera is configured to capture the video at a first resolution, and the camera system is configured to wirelessly stream the encoded video or another encoded video at a second resolution to the computing device for storage or display, wherein the second resolution is different from the first resolution.
A method of operating an aerosol delivery device including a housing and a cartridge coupled thereto, a control component included in a printed circuit board (PCB) and contained within the housing, and a camera system comprising a digital camera positioned on the housing, the method comprising:
- controlling by the control component, operation of the aerosol delivery device in response to detection of airflow through at least a portion of the housing;
- and
- capturing by the digital camera, images of an object or scene in a field of view thereof, the images being transferred locally to a memory configured to store the images, or being transferred externally to a computing device configured to store the images or display the images on a display device,
- wherein capturing images includes capturing video, and the method further comprises by the camera system, encoding the video using a video digital signal processor (DSP) included in the camera system and wirelessly streaming the encoded video to the computing device, and
- wherein simultaneously, the video is captured at a first resolution, and the encoded video or another encoded video is wirelessly streamed at a second resolution to the computing device for storage or display, wherein the second resolution is different from the first resolution.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.