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CAMERA, CAMERA SYSTEM, AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME

  • US 20120178991A1
  • Filed: 01/10/2011
  • Published: 07/12/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2011
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A camera system adapted for displaying images of a mouth or other cavity of a human or other animal, said camera comprising:

  • (a) a wand adapted to be hand-held and portable and at least of portion of which is adapted to be inserted into the cavity, said wand includinga lens adapted to receive light from the cavity and to transmit the received light; and

    a camera sensor adapted to receive light transmitted through said lens in the form of an image and to transform the image received thereon into a corresponding electronic signal;

    (b) a display adapted to be hand-held and portable, said display including;

    a display screen adapted to be viewed by a user of the camera system; and

    a controller operatively coupled to said camera sensor and to said display screen and adapted to receive said electronic signal from said camera sensor and to transform said electronic signal such that the image received on said camera sensor is recreated on said display screen;

    (c) means for transmitting said electronic signal from said camera sensor to said controller;

    (d) a source of electric power adapted to be operatively connected to at least one of said camera sensor and said controller; and

    (e) means for operatively disconnecting said electric power source from at least one of said camera sensor and said controller such that an image received on said camera sensor is not recreated on said display screen, said disconnecting means responsive to a preselected range of orientation of said display and a time duration in which said display is in said orientation range.

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