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Web cam with auto-adjusting angled image device

  • US 20070222888A1
  • Filed: 03/22/2006
  • Published: 09/27/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A web cam having an image angle compensation device, said web cam coupled to a computer for retrieving an image, comprising:

  • a pivot;

    a pivotal housing coupled to the pivot;

    a conductor;

    a circuit board having a plurality of contacts;

    wherein one of the conductor and circuit board is pivotable with the housing, such that the conductor and circuit board pivot relative to each other, and wherein as the housing rotates from a first position to a rotated position, an image retrieved by the camera rotates with the camera from a first image position to an angled image position until the conductor engages a corresponding one of the contacts, wherein when the conductor engages said one of the contacts, a feedback signal indicative of an angle to which the housing has been rotated is generated, and wherein the feedback signal is supplied to the computer to rotate the image retrieved by the camera from the angled image position back to the first image position, thereby aligning the image with a display screen of the computer and eliminating black bars at a side of the displayed image.

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