WEARABLE VIDEO CAMERA WITH DUAL ROTATABLE IMAGINE DEVICES
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1. A digital imaging device, comprising:
- a) a body;
b) at least two image sensors carried by the body and each capable of converting an optical image into an electrical signal;
c) the at least two image sensors having image axes oriented transverse to one another and facing in different directions transverse to one another;
d) the at least two image sensors being rotatable with respect to the body and each having a rotational axis parallel with a respective corresponding image axis; and
e) each image sensor having an upright physical orientation corresponding to an upright orientation of the optical image and being capable of rotation about the rotational axis to orient the image sensor in the upright orientation.
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Abstract
A digital imaging device includes at least two image sensors carried by a body and having image axes oriented transverse to one another and facing in different directions transverse to one another. The image sensors are rotatable with respect to the body and each have a rotational axis parallel with a respective corresponding image axis. Each image sensor has an upright physical orientation corresponding to an upright orientation of the optical image and is capable of rotation about the rotational axis to orient the image sensor in the upright orientation.
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20 Claims
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1. A digital imaging device, comprising:
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a) a body; b) at least two image sensors carried by the body and each capable of converting an optical image into an electrical signal; c) the at least two image sensors having image axes oriented transverse to one another and facing in different directions transverse to one another; d) the at least two image sensors being rotatable with respect to the body and each having a rotational axis parallel with a respective corresponding image axis; and e) each image sensor having an upright physical orientation corresponding to an upright orientation of the optical image and being capable of rotation about the rotational axis to orient the image sensor in the upright orientation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A digital image recording system, comprising:
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a) an elongated barrel defining a longitudinal axis; b) a longitudinal ferrule being rotatably disposed on an end of the barrel and having a rotational axis parallel with the longitudinal axis of the barrel; c) a longitudinal image sensor carried by the longitudinal ferrule at the end of the barrel and having an image axis parallel with the rotational axis of the longitudinal ferrule and the longitudinal axis of the barrel; d) a lateral ferrule rotatably disposed on a side of the barrel and having a rotational axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the barrel; e) a lateral image sensor carried by the lateral ferrule on the side of the barrel and having an image axis parallel with the rotational axis of the lateral ferrule and transverse to the longitudinal axis of the barrel; f) each image sensor being capable of converting an optical image into an electrical signal; g) attachment means for attaching a lateral attachment side of the barrel opposite the lateral image sensor and the lateral ferrule to a wearable article or accessory with the lateral attachment side facing the wearable article or accessory; h) each image sensor having an upright physical orientation corresponding to an upright orientation of the optical image; i) each ferrule, and thus each image sensor, being rotatable with respect to the barrel to orient each image sensor in the upright orientation; j) the barrel, the ferrules and the image sensors having a plurality of selectable configurations, including; i) a left side mount with a) the lateral attachment side of the barrel facing a left side of the wearable article or accessory, b) the longitudinal image sensor and the longitudinal ferrule facing forwardly with respect to the wearable article or accessory, c) the lateral image sensor and the lateral ferrule facing left with respect to the wearable article or accessory; and
d) the longitudinal and lateral image sensors oriented upright;ii) a right side mount with a) the lateral attachment side of the barrel facing a right side of the wearable article or accessory, b) the longitudinal image sensor and the longitudinal ferrule facing forwardly with respect to the wearable article or accessory, c) the lateral image sensor and the lateral ferrule facing right with respect to the wearable article or accessory; and
d) the longitudinal and lateral image sensors oriented upright;iii) a top mount with a) the lateral attachment side of the barrel facing a top side of the wearable article or accessory, b) the longitudinal image sensor and the longitudinal ferrule facing forwardly with respect to the wearable article or accessory, c) the lateral image sensor and the lateral ferrule facing upward with respect to the wearable article or accessory; and
d) the longitudinal image sensor oriented upright; andiv) a front mount with a) the lateral attachment side of the barrel facing a front of the wearable article or accessory, b) the longitudinal image sensor and the longitudinal ferrule facing left or right with respect to the wearable article or accessory, c) the lateral image sensor and the lateral ferrule facing forward with respect to the wearable article or accessory; and
d) the longitudinal and lateral image sensors oriented upright; andk) an image storage device operatively coupled to the image sensors to save the electronic signal from at least one of the image sensors.
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15. A method for digital image recording, comprising:
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a) obtaining a digital imaging device having at least two separate and discrete image sensors disposed in ferrules carried by an elongated barrel defining a longitudinal axis with a longitudinal image sensor and a longitudinal ferrule being rotatably disposed on an end of the barrel and having an image axis and a rotational axis parallel with the longitudinal axis, and a lateral image sensor and lateral ferrule disposed on a side of the barrel and having an image axis and a rotational axis transverse to the longitudinal axis, each image sensor being capable of converting an optical image into an electrical signal and having an upright physical orientation corresponding to an upright orientation of the optical image, and with a lateral attachment side of the barrel opposite the lateral image sensor and lateral ferrule; b) securing the lateral attachment side of the barrel to a wearable article or accessory with the lateral attachment side facing the wearable article or accessory, and orienting the barrel, and thus the image axes of the image sensors, in a desired imaging direction; c) rotating the longitudinal and lateral ferrules, and thus the longitudinal and lateral image sensors, with respect to the barrel, and thus the wearable article or accessory; d) selecting one or both of the longitudinal and lateral image sensors for operation to produce at least one electronic signal; and e) causing an image storage device operatively coupled to the image sensors to save the at least one electronic signal. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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