ELECTRONIC SIGHTING COMPASS
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1. A method comprising, on a portable electronic device:
- displaying, on a display screen of the device, an image from an image sensor having an imaging axis;
determining a compass bearing along the imaging axis;
displaying a graphic indication of the compass bearing on the display screen along with the displayed image.
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Abstract
A portable electronic device provides a compass bearing display juxtaposed with or superimposed on a camera viewfinder display. The device includes an image sensor and an electronic compass. When the device is held with the image sensor pointed in a generally horizontal direction, the displayed viewfinder image from the image sensor is combined with a graphic indicating a compass bearing corresponding to the imaging axis of the image sensor. The display may be presented as a linear scale to indicate off-axis headings as well.
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1. A method comprising, on a portable electronic device:
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displaying, on a display screen of the device, an image from an image sensor having an imaging axis; determining a compass bearing along the imaging axis; displaying a graphic indication of the compass bearing on the display screen along with the displayed image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A portable electronic device comprising:
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an image sensor having an imaging axis; a display screen presenting an image from the image sensor; a compass determining a compass bearing; a processor providing a graphic indication of the compass bearing displayed on the display screen along with the image from the image sensor. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. An article of manufacture comprising:
a machine-readable medium having stored therein instructions that program a processor, of a portable electronic device having an image sensor with an imaging axis, a display screen and a compass, to display an image from the image sensor, to determine a compass bearing along the imaging axis, and to display a graphic indication of the compass bearing along with the displayed image. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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