CAMERA WITH MULTIPLE DISPLAYS

• US 20080231740A1
• Filed: 03/21/2007
• Published: 09/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
• Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
• Inventors: Parulski, Kenneth A., McIntyre, Dale F., Muszak, Jerald J.
• Application Number:
  US11/688,910
• Publication Number:
  US 20080231740A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/333.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/531 being rotatable or detachable
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/632 for displaying or modifying preview images prior to image capturing, e.g. variety of image resolutions or capturing parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/698 for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a digital camera including a first image display formed on the surface of the camera body. The digital camera also includes a second image display mounted to the camera body and deployable to at least one viewing position in which the first and second image displays provide a combined display area.

Claims

1. A digital camera comprising:

a first image display formed on the surface of the camera body;

a second image display mounted to the camera body and deployable to at least one viewing position in which the first and second image displays provide a combined display area.

2. The digital camera of claim 1, wherein the second display is disposed within a detachable housing.

3. The digital camera of claim 2, wherein the second display is in wireless communication with the camera.

4. The digital camera of claim 2, wherein the detachable housing of the second display further comprises a battery.

5. The digital camera of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first or second image displays is a touch screen.

6. The digital camera of claim 1 further comprising a third display mounted to the camera body and deployable to at least one viewing position in which the first, second and third image displays provide a combined display image area.

7. The digital camera of claim 6, wherein the second and third image displays are each contained within a housing.

8. The digital camera of claim 7, further comprising at least one speaker disposed within the housing for each of the second and third image displays.

9. The digital camera of claim 6, wherein each of the second and third image displays are movable to a plurality of different display positions.

10. The digital camera of claim 9, wherein the plurality of different display positions further comprise a concave position.

11. The digital camera of claim 10, wherein the plurality of different display positions further comprise a convex position.

12. The digital camera of claim 1 further comprising at least one speaker for audio output from the camera.

13. The digital camera of claim 12 wherein the at least one speaker is on the body of the second color image display.

14. The digital camera of claim 12 wherein the at least one speaker is on the body of the camera.

15. The digital camera of claim 1 wherein the second image display is contained in a housing hinged to the body of the digital camera.

16. The digital camera of claim 15, wherein the housing of the second image display is movable to a plurality of different display positions.

17. The digital camera of claim 1, wherein the second image display is retractably mounted to the body of the digital camera.

18. The digital camera of claim 17, wherein the second image display is deployable to a plurality of different positions corresponding to a plurality of combined display image area having a plurality of different aspect ratios.

19. The digital camera of claim 1, wherein the second display is disposed within a detachable housing comprising at least one speaker for audio output from the camera.

20. The digital camera of claim 1, wherein the second image display is disposed within a detachable housing comprising a remote control for operation of the digital camera.

21. The digital camera of claim 20 further comprising a wireless communication interface between the second image display and the digital camera.

22. A method of displaying imaging comprising:

providing a camera with a combined display area formed by a first image display adjacent to a second image display;

displaying an image that extends over at least portions of the combined display area.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the combined display area further comprises at least a portion of a third display that is disposed adjacent to the first display.

24. A digital camera comprising:

an image display formed on the surface of the camera body, wherein a portion of the image display includes a preview display area for displaying a motion preview image for composing images to be captured;

a user interface for controlling the portion of the image display used as the preview display area.