Digital photo frame having stereo camera module

• US 8,514,291 B2
• Filed: 05/27/2010
• Issued: 08/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chang, Jen-Tsorng
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Sinh
• Assistant Examiner(s): MONK, MARK T
• Application Number:
  US12/788,307
• Publication Number:
  US 20110157377A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,181 Days
• Field of Search: 348 42- 60, 348/211.11, 348262-265, 348373-376, 396/322, 396/324, 396/325, 396/329, 396/330, 359462-477, 74/89, 74 892- 8922, 476 15- 17, 49116-123
• US Class Current: 348/211.11
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 30/27 involving lenticular arrays
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 35/10 having single camera with stereoscopic-base-defining system
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 35/24 using apertured or refractive resolving means on screens or between screen and eye
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/239 using two 2D image sensors having a relative position equal to or related to the interocular distance H04N13/243 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/296 Synchronisation thereof; Control thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/305 using lenticular lenses, e.g. arrangements of cylindrical lenses
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/50 Constructional details

Abstract

A digital photo frame includes a display module, a frame body and a stereo camera module. The frame body is includes a plurality of sides connected end to end. The sides are mounted around the display module. The stereo camera module includes two cameras and an image combination chip. The two cameras are configured for capturing two respective images of an object from two different viewing angles. The image combination chip is configured for combining the images captured by the two cameras to form a three-dimensional image. The two cameras are slidable along one of the sides of the frame body. The display module is capable of displaying the three-dimensional image.

Claims

1. A digital photo frame, comprising:

a display module including four sides;

a frame body comprising a front frame portion and a back frame portion coupled to each other, the display module exposed at the front frame portion, the front frame portion comprising four side beams perpendicularly connected end to end, thereby forming a substantially rectangular opening surrounded by the four side beams, the four side beams of the front frame portions being attached to the four sides of the display module, the four side beams of the front frame portion comprising a top side beam, the top side beam of the frame body defining a slot;

a stereo camera module comprising two cameras and an image combination chip, the two cameras being slidably engaged in the slot for capturing two respective images of an object from two different viewing angles, the image combination chip being configured for combining the images captured by the two cameras to form a three-dimensional image, the two cameras being slidable along the top side beam of the frame body, the display module being capable of displaying the three-dimensional image; and

a driving module configured for driving the two cameras to slide along the slot, the driving module comprising two chain drive systems and a driving motor, each of the two chain drive systems comprising two sprocket wheels and a sprocket chain loop surrounding the two sprocket wheels and engaging with the sprocket wheels, the driving motor being configured for driving the sprocket chain loops to rotate around the corresponding sprocket wheels.

2. The digital photo frame of claim 1, wherein the driving module further comprises a reverse driving gear, the driving motor being engaged with one sprocket chain loop and the reverse driving gear, the reverse driving gear being engaged with the other sprocket chain loop.

3. The digital photo frame of claim 2, wherein the driving motor and the reverse driving gear are arranged between the two chain drive systems.

4. The digital photo frame of claim 1, wherein each of the cameras comprises an image sensor, a lens module, and a base plate, the lens module being optically aligned with the image sensor, the lens module and the image sensor being fixed on the base plate, the base plates being fixed on the corresponding sprocket chain loops.

5. The digital photo frame of claim 1, wherein the display module comprises a liquid crystal display and a lenticular lens array arranged on the liquid crystal display.

6. The digital photo frame of claim 1, wherein rotation axes of the sprocket wheels are substantially perpendicular to the extension direction of the slot, and are substantially parallel to a surface of the display module.