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Smart case for mobile photography

  • US 9,596,393 B2
  • Filed: 02/17/2015
  • Issued: 03/14/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mobile camera system, comprising:

  • a camera-enabled, mobile device;

    including a miniature camera module embedded within the mobile device including a built-in lens and an image sensor for capturing digital images;

    a mobile device processor configured for processing the digital images;

    a mobile device display for viewing the digital images;

    a lens attachment interface comprising a mobile device case that includes a processor and electrical circuitry that is programmable by a software application in accordance with a lens recognition process, selectable pre-capture settings or post-capture image editing or combinations thereof wherein the case is coupled around the camera-enabled mobile device, and wherein said a lens attachment interface is embedded within or integral with the case,a removable lens assembly coupled to the lens attachment interface and stably aligned along the optical path of the miniature camera module;

    a case shutter button mechanism for actuating the miniature camera module of the mobile camera system;

    the case processor and electrical circuitry embedded within the case that are configured to detect the presence of the removable lens that is coupled to the lens attachment interface; and

    a lens recognition sensor coupled to the case processor and electrical circuitry and configured to identify the removable lens as being configured in accordance with a particular one of multiple lens types.

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