CAMERA ADJUSTING SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20110135290A1
• Filed: 04/30/2010
• Published: 06/09/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Chang-Jung, Lo, Chih-Ping, Lee, Hou-Hsien
• Application Number:
  US12/770,773
• Publication Number:
  US 20110135290A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 396/58
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/695 Control of camera direction for changing a field of view, e.g. pan, tilt or based on tracking of objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control

Abstract

A camera adjusting system includes a control headgear, a gravitational sensor, a storing unit, a processing unit, a network unit, a signal sending and receiving unit, a drive unit, and a rail. The gravitational sensor detects motions of a head of a user and sends out an electronic signal. The storing unit stores a first instruction and a second instruction. The processing unit executes the first instruction to convert the electronic signal to displacement information and executes the second instruction to convert the displacement information to a control signal to control motions of a camera mounted on the rail.

Claims

1. A camera adjusting system for adjusting orientation of a camera, the camera adjusting system comprising:

a control headgear to be worn by a user;

a sensor mounted to the control headgear, to detect motions of the head of the user and send out an electronic signal;

a storing unit comprising a calculating module and a controlling module, wherein the calculating module stores a first instruction and the controlling module stores a second instruction;

a processing unit, wherein the processing unit executes the first instruction to convert the electronic signal to displacement information and executes the second instruction to convert the displacement information to a control signal;

a network unit connected to the processing unit, to receive the control signal;

a rail, wherein the camera is movably mounted on the rail;

a signal sending and receiving unit mounted to the camera, to communicate with the network unit, to receive the control signal; and

a drive unit connected to the signal sending and receiving unit, to receive the control signal, thereby to drive the camera to move on the rail, thus adjusting the orientation of the camera.

2. The camera adjusting system of claim 1, wherein the rail is arc-shaped, the camera is slidably and rotatably mounted to the rail.

3. The camera adjusting system of claim 1, wherein the sensor is a gravitational sensor.

4. The camera adjusting system of claim 1, wherein the control headgear may be a control glasses, the sensor is set on a rim of the control glasses and exposed from the rim.

5. The camera adjusting system of claim 4, further comprising a display connected to the processing unit and configured as a lens and mounted in the rim alongside a lens of the control glasses, wherein the display displays images captured by the camera and transferred via the signal sending and receiving unit, the network unit, and the processing unit.

6. The camera adjusting system of claim 1, wherein the signal sending and receiving unit is an antenna.

7. A camera adjusting method for adjusting orientation of a camera, the method comprising:

detecting motions of a head of a user and sending out an electronic signal;

converting the electronic signal to displacement information;

converting the displacement information to a control signal; and

changing a position of the camera on a rail according to the control signal.

8. The camera adjusting method of claim 7, further comprising:

capturing images by the camera; and

displaying the images.