CAMERA ADJUSTING SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20110135291A1
• 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:
  US12/770,777
• Publication Number:
  US 20110135291A1
• 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

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, and a drive unit. The gravitational sensor detects motions of the 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 change a viewing angle and focus of a camera.

Claims

1. A camera adjusting system for adjusting an angle or/and a focus of a camera, 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 signal sending and receiving unit, 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 rotate according to the control signal, thus adjusting the angle or/and focus of the camera.

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

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

4. The camera adjusting system of claim 3, 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.

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

6. The camera adjusting system of claim 1, further comprising a base, the signal sending and receiving unit is accommodated in the base.

7. The camera adjusting system of claim 6, wherein the drive unit includes a first rotating driver rotatably mounted to the base and a second rotating driver rotatably mounted to the first rotating driver, the camera is mounted to the second rotating driver, wherein a first axis that the first rotating driver rotates about is perpendicular to a second axis that the second rotating driver rotates about.

8. The camera adjusting system of claim 7, wherein the first axis is vertical, and the second axis is horizontal.

9. A camera adjusting method for adjusting an angle or/and a focus 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;

adjusting aim and/or focus of the camera according to the control signal.

10. The camera adjusting method of claim 9, further comprising:

capturing images by the camera; and

displaying the images.