CAMERA HOLDER METHODS AND APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A camera holder device (1000) for holding a camera (100), the camera holder comprising:
- a first support arm (903) supporting a first camera holder (910) for holding a first side of the camera (100);
a second support arm (903′
) supporting a second camera holder (910′
) for holding a second side of the camera (100);
a first motor (912) mounted in said first support arm (903) and coupled to said first camera holder (910);
a first closed loop control (901) to drive a first motor (912) to counteract changes in camera orientation from a user selected camera orientation while said camera holder device (1000) is operating in a orientation maintenance mode of operation.
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Abstract
Camera holder device methods and apparatus are described. The camera holder can be held in a hand and used to automatically stabilize a camera, e.g., a camera designed to be held in one hand. The stabilization is provided by gyroscopes alone or in combination with closed loop camera orientation control which can use information from one or more sensors included in the camera. The camera holder is designed so that, at least for some but not necessarily all cameras which may be placed in the camera holder, controllable axis of rotation intersect with the center of mass of the camera when the camera is present the holder thereby requiring little power to control and/or maintain camera orientation.
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25 Claims
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1. A camera holder device (1000) for holding a camera (100), the camera holder comprising:
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a first support arm (903) supporting a first camera holder (910) for holding a first side of the camera (100); a second support arm (903′
) supporting a second camera holder (910′
) for holding a second side of the camera (100);a first motor (912) mounted in said first support arm (903) and coupled to said first camera holder (910); a first closed loop control (901) to drive a first motor (912) to counteract changes in camera orientation from a user selected camera orientation while said camera holder device (1000) is operating in a orientation maintenance mode of operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of operating a handheld camera holder device (907) for holding and stabilizing a camera (702), the method comprising:
during an orientation maintenance mode of operation; monitoring camera orientation; and using a first closed loop control to drive a first motor to counteract changes in camera orientation from a user selected camera orientation. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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