Image recording apparatus with slidable concealing cover
First Claim
1. A body-mountable image capture device comprising a device body and a cover slidably mounted onto the device body, the device body comprising a camera, wherein the cover is operable to slide between a first position and a second position such that in the first position the camera is concealed by the cover and in the second position the camera is exposed;
- wherein the orientation of the camera is automatically adjusted with respect to the orientation of the device body when the cover is in the second position such as to maintain the orientation of the camera in at least one plane; and
wherein the orientation of the camera is adjusted with respect to that of the device body when the cover is in the second position such as to maintain the orientation of the camera.
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Abstract
A body-mountable image capture device comprising a device body and a cover slidably mounted onto the device body, the device body comprising a camera, the cover sliding between a first position and a second position such that in the first position the camera is concealed and in the second position the camera is exposed. The body-mountable image capture device comprises activation means operable to initiate the camera when the cover is in the second position and the camera is exposed. The orientation of the camera is adjustable with respect to that of the device body such that the orientation of the camera can be maintained. The orientation of the camera may be automatically adjusted to keep the field of view generally horizontal. The camera may automatically rotate left and right in a horizontal plane responsive to movement of a head mounted sensor to thereby track a user'"'"'s head movements.
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1. A body-mountable image capture device comprising a device body and a cover slidably mounted onto the device body, the device body comprising a camera, wherein the cover is operable to slide between a first position and a second position such that in the first position the camera is concealed by the cover and in the second position the camera is exposed;
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wherein the orientation of the camera is automatically adjusted with respect to the orientation of the device body when the cover is in the second position such as to maintain the orientation of the camera in at least one plane; and wherein the orientation of the camera is adjusted with respect to that of the device body when the cover is in the second position such as to maintain the orientation of the camera. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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