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Ensuring that video or images are captured at a determined orientation

  • US 10,178,304 B1
  • Filed: 08/03/2018
  • Issued: 01/08/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for capturing video or still images at a determined orientation, via a camera associated with a mobile electronic device, comprising:

  • accessing at least some information regarding a desired orientation preference for said mobile electronic device;

    accessing at least some information regarding a physical orientation of said mobile electronic device;

    comparing said information regarding said physical orientation of said mobile electronic device to said information regarding said desired orientation preference for said mobile electronic device;

    determining whether said information regarding said physical orientation of said mobile electronic device matches said information regarding said desired orientation preference for said mobile electronic device, within a determined degree of variance;

    enabling, if it is determined that said physical orientation of said mobile electronic device matches said information regarding said desired orientation preference for said mobile electronic device, within said determined degree of variance, capturing of said video or still images, as an input from said camera, at said physical orientation of said mobile electronic device, and displaying said input from said camera, via a display of said mobile electronic device, within a record area representing said orientation and/or aspect ratio at which said video or still images will be captured; and

    orienting, if it is determined that said physical orientation of said mobile electronic device does not match said information regarding said desired orientation preference for said mobile electronic device, within said determined degree of variance, an input from said camera, via software embedded within or accessed by said mobile electronic device, such that said video or still images will be captured at said desired orientation preference, and displaying said input from said camera, via said display of said mobile electronic device, as said video or still images will be captured.

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