POP-UP STUDIO

• US 20190320077A1
• Filed: 04/13/2018
• Published: 10/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2018
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Michael John Kirby
• Original Assignee: Michael John Kirby
• Inventors: Kirby, Michael John
• Application Number:
  US15/953,335
• Publication Number:
  US 20190320077A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B31B 50/26 Folding sheets, blanks or webs
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 15/00 Special procedures for taking photographs; Apparatus therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/561 Support related camera accessories
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00541 with detachable image reading apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera

Abstract

Provided are embodiments of portable devices that, when used with a digital camera device, e.g., mobile phone camera, can capture a high quality photograph of a printed photograph or a document, thereby reducing or eliminating reliance on expensive, bulky electrical equipment for post-processing or editing to correct lighting, reflection, and cropping. The device can include a box that can be made of cardboard; can be collapsed flat; can easily fit in a book bag, a brief case, or similar carrier; and is easy to ship. The device also could be fully assembled or molded of plastic, while still maintaining the function as a mobile studio.

Claims

1. A portable studio, comprising:

a collapsible box having four side walls and a back wall;

a hole for a camera lens positioned in a first wall of one of the four side walls;

the back wall includes one or more flaps for opening and closing the box; and

the box can be collapsed and folded flat.

2. The portable studio of claim 1, wherein the hole positioned in the first wall is sized to receive a camera lens of a camera device placed on the outside surface of the first wall.

3. The portable studio of claim 1, wherein the collapsible box is made of cardboard.

4. The portable studio of claim 1, wherein the collapsible box is made of plastic.

5. The portable studio of claim 1, wherein the collapsible box is collapsed to a flat position.

6. The portable studio of claim 1, wherein the collapsible box is portable.

7. The portable studio of claim 1, wherein an interior surface of each of the four side walls and an interior surface of the back wall are of flat white color.

8. The portable studio of claim 1, wherein the collapsible box further includes a guiding mark or marks positioned on an outside surface of the first wall.

9. The portable studio of claim 2, wherein the camera device is a digital camera.

10. The portable studio of claim 2, wherein the camera device is a mobile phone with a camera.

11. A portable studio, comprising:

a fully assembled box having four side walls and a back wall;

a hole for a camera lens positioned in a first wall of one of the four side walls; and

the back wall includes one or more flaps for opening and closing the box.

12. The portable studio of claim 11, wherein the box is molded.

13. The portable studio of claim 11, wherein the hole positioned in the first wall is sized to receive a camera lens of a camera device placed on the outside surface of the first wall.

14. The portable studio of claim 11, wherein an interior surface of each of the four side walls and an interior surface of the back wall are of flat white color.

15. The portable studio of claim 11, wherein the box further includes a guiding mark or marks positioned on an outside surface of the first wall.

16. The portable studio of claim 13, wherein the camera device is a digital camera.

17. The portable studio of claim 13, wherein the camera device is a mobile phone with a camera.