Apparatus and a method for preventing a photographic image from being taken clearly

• US 20080283735A1
• Filed: 05/14/2007
• Published: 11/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dave Verenkoff
• Original Assignee: Dave Verenkoff
• Inventors: Verenkoff, Dave
• Application Number:
  US11/798,446
• Publication Number:
  US 20080283735A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 250/221
• CPC Class Codes: A42B 1/24 with means for attaching articles thereto, e.g. memorandum tablets or mirrors
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 15/02 Illuminating scene
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 2215/0557 Multiple units, e.g. slave-unit

Abstract

An apparatus for preventing a photographic image from being taken clearly comprises a garment, optical sensors, strobes, a strobe controller and a battery. Each of the optical sensors is arranged on the garment so as to detect a flash from a camera in a different direction. Strobes are arranged on the garment. A strobe controller is coupled with the optical sensor and the strobes. The strobe controller flashes the strobes in response to an output of at least one of the optical sensors. A battery is coupled with the strobes, the strobe controller, and the optical sensor. The apparatus may comprise a manual switch coupled with the strobes. The manual switch is adapted to turn on and off the strobes manually.

Claims

1. An apparatus for preventing a photographic image from being taken clearly, comprising:

a garment;

optical sensors, each of the optical sensors being arranged in different directions on the garment so as to detect a flash from a camera;

strobes arranged on the garment;

a strobe controller coupled with the optical sensor and the strobes, the strobe controller being adapted to flash the strobes in response to an output of at least one of the optical sensors; and

a battery coupled with the strobes, the strobe controller, and the optical sensor.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the strobes are arranged at different points of the garment.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the strobe controller is adapted to flash the strobes repeatedly for a predetermined period.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, comprising a manual switch coupled with the strobes, the manual switch configured to turn on and off the strobes manually.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4, the manual switch is arranged on the garment.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the garment is a hat.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the strobes are arranged on a circumference of a portion of the hat which covers a head of a user.

8. A method for preventing a photographic image from being taken clearly, comprising the steps of:

detecting a flash from a camera by optical sensors, each of the optical sensors arranged on a garment in a different direction so as to detect light from different direction;

transmitting outputs of the optical sensors to a strobe controller; and

flashing strobes arranged on the garment in response to at least one of the outputs,

wherein each of the strobes faces a different direction.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the strobes are flashed repeatedly for a predetermined period.

10. A method for preventing a photographic image from being taken clearly, comprising the steps of:

turning on a manual switch coupled with strobes arranged on a garment; and

flashing the strobes.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the strobes are flashed repeatedly for a predetermined period.