Disposition device for auto-detecting the holding condition of a digital camera

• US 20020036703A1
• Filed: 02/21/2001
• Published: 03/28/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qisda Corporation
• Original Assignee: Acer American Holdings (Acer, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hsu, Ying-Hao
• Granted Patent: US 6,819,362 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/373
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/56 Accessories carrying-cases A45C11/38

Abstract

The invention provides a digital camera with a disposition device for automatically converting a picture to an appropriate image meeting the vision via the viewfinder, wherein the disposition device for auto-detecting the holding condition of a digital camera comprises: an insulating envelope having a cavity which is formed by an insulating bottom and side wall, wherein the cavity is divided into a plurality of concave regions; a conductive plate covering the cavity of the insulating envelope and connected to the power source; a plurality of conductive pads selectively located on the insulating bottom; and a conductive ball rolling in the cavity by the influence of gravity, wherein the movable sensor touching one of the conductive pads and the conductive plate represents the holding condition of the digital camera.

Claims

1. A disposition device for auto-detecting the holding condition of a digital camera comprising:

an insulating envelope having a cavity which is formed by an insulating bottom and side wall;

a conductive plate for covering the cavity of the insulating envelope;

a plurality of conductive pads selectively located on the insulating bottom; and

a movable sensor moving in the cavity by the influence of gravity,

wherein the movable sensor touching one of the conductive pads and the conductive plate represents the holding condition of the digital camera.

2. A disposition device for auto-detecting the holding condition of a digital camera as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cavity of the insulating envelope is divided into a plurality of concave regions.

3. A disposition device for auto-detecting the holding condition of a digital camera as claimed in claim 2, wherein every concave region corresponds to one conductive pad.

4. A disposition device for auto-detecting the holding condition of a digital camera as claimed in claim 2, wherein two of the concave regions are symmetrically located.

5. A disposition device for auto-detecting the holding condition of a digital camera as claimed in claim 1, wherein the movable sensor is a conductive ball.

6. A digital camera with a disposition device for automatically converting a picture to an appropriate image meeting the vision via the viewfinder, including a housing, a button, a liquid crystal display, a power source and a digital camera circuit, wherein the disposition device for auto-detecting the holding condition of a digital camera comprises:

an insulating envelope having a cavity which is formed by an insulating bottom and side wall, wherein the cavity is divided into a plurality of concave regions;

a conductive plate covering the cavity of the insulating envelope and connecting with the power source;

a plurality of conductive pads selectively located on the insulating bottom; and

a conductive ball rolling in the cavity by the influence of gravity,

wherein the movable sensor touching one of the conductive pads and the conductive plate represents the holding condition of the digital camera.

7. A digital camera with a disposition device as claimed in claim 6, wherein as the conductive ball is located at one of the concave regions, the conductive ball touches both the conductive plate and the corresponding conductive pad.

8. A digital camera with a disposition device as claimed in claim 7, wherein as the button is pressed, a signal representing the holding condition of the digital camera is generated.

9. A digital camera with a disposition device as claimed in claim 6, wherein two of the concave regions are symmetrically located.

10. A digital camera with a disposition device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the conductive pads respectively connect to a corresponding I/O port on the digital camera circuit.

11. A digital camera with a disposition device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the digital camera circuit automatically executes built-in software to convert the pictures into images meeting the visions via the viewfinder according to the signal.