Camera having camera orientation sensing capability
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1. A camera including a camera body having a horizontal axis and a vertical axis, the camera comprising:
- a camera orientation sensing system configured to determine the orientation of the camera, the sensing system including an orientation sensor that is fixedly positioned relative to the camera body in an angled orientation such that the longitudinal axis of the sensor is not parallel to either of the horizontal or vertical axes of the camera body.
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Abstract
Disclosed are camera orientation sensing systems and cameras that comprise such systems. In one embodiment, a camera includes a camera orientation sensing system configured to determine the orientation of the camera, the sensing system including an orientation sensor that is fixedly positioned relative to the camera body in an angled orientation such that the longitudinal axis of the sensor is not parallel to either of the horizontal or vertical axes of the camera body.
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1. A camera including a camera body having a horizontal axis and a vertical axis, the camera comprising:
a camera orientation sensing system configured to determine the orientation of the camera, the sensing system including an orientation sensor that is fixedly positioned relative to the camera body in an angled orientation such that the longitudinal axis of the sensor is not parallel to either of the horizontal or vertical axes of the camera body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A digital camera, comprising:
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a camera body having a horizontal axis and a vertical axis; and
a camera orientation sensing system configured to determine the orientation of the camera body, the sensing system including two gravity-sensitive orientation sensors, each orientation sensor being fixedly positioned relative to the camera body in an angled orientation such that the longitudinal axes of the sensors are not parallel to either of the horizontal or vertical axes of the camera body. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A digital camera having a horizontal axis and a vertical axis, the camera comprising:
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a lens system;
an image sensor;
an analog to digital converter;
a camera orientation sensing system configured to determine the orientation of the camera, the sensing system including an orientation sensor that is fixedly positioned relative to the camera in an angled orientation such that the longitudinal axis of the sensor is not parallel to either of the horizontal or vertical axes of the camera;
a camera control interface; and
an image processor. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A camera orientation sensing system for use in a digital camera having a horizontal axis and a vertical axis, the sensing system comprising:
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an orientation sensor that is fixedly positioned relative to the camera in an angled orientation such that the longitudinal axis of the sensor is not parallel to either of the horizontal or vertical axes of the camera; and
logic configured to provide an orientation signal indicating the orientation of the camera relative to a viewed object based upon a determined state of the orientation sensor. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for indicating the orientation of a camera that has a horizontal axis and a vertical axis, the method comprising:
sensing the state of at least one gravity-sensitive switch of the camera, the switch having a longitudinal axis that is not parallel to either of the horizontal axis or the vertical axis of the camera. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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