Telescoping monopod system

• US 9,906,711 B2
• Filed: 01/21/2016
• Issued: 02/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2015
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Fortress, LLC
• Original Assignee: Intellectual Fortress, LLC
• Inventors: Chu, Kevin Hwading, Wang, Xiran, Chen, Yangyang
• Primary Examiner(s): Velez, Roberto
• Assistant Examiner(s): LE, TUAN H
• Application Number:
  US15/002,461
• Publication Number:
  US 20160309080A1
• Time in Patent Office: 768 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 3/03 telescopic axially displaceable couplings F16D3/06
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/041 Allowing quick release of the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/14 with ball-joint ball-jointed hinges F16C11/06 ; adjustable mountings employing universal joints for lighting devices F21V21/26 - F21V21/30
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/18 with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2014 around a vertical axis F16M11/2035 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/28 Undercarriages for supports with one single telescoping pillar
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/00 Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles heads thereof F16M11/02 ; undercarriages thereof F16M11/20 ; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F3/44 ; sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles supports for measuring instruments G01D11/30; supports for casings of remote control switching devices H01H9/025
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/04 for supporting on, or holding steady relative to, a person, e.g. by chains , e.g. rifle butt or pistol grip supports, supports attached to the chest or head apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them G03B
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/06 also serviceable for other purposes, e.g. to be used as spade, chair, ski-stick
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/08 for use as a walking-cane
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 26/08 for controlling the direction of light in light guides G02B6/35
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 26/0816 by means of one or more reflecting elements
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/644 compensating for large deviations, e.g. maintaining a fixed line of sight while a vehicle on which the system is mounted changes course
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/561 Support related camera accessories
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/566 Accessory clips, holders, shoes to attach accessories to camera if integral part of camera body G03B17/02
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/583 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/22 Matching criteria, e.g. proximity measures
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/161 Detection; Localisation; Normalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/168 Feature extraction; Face representation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/611 where the recognised objects include parts of the human body
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/667 : Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/04 : Synchronising for television systems using pulse code modulation H04N7/56

Abstract

A telescoping monopod system including an image acquisition module having a field of vision, an attachment member configured to contact the image acquisition module, a body housing a processor, a memory, an electromechanical component, and a plurality of shafts. The body contacts the attachment member. The body comprises a control panel.

Claims

1. A telescoping monopod system comprising:

an image acquisition module having a field of vision;

an attachment member configured to contact the image acquisition module;

a body housing a communication module, a memory, an electromechanical component, and a plurality of shafts,

wherein the body contacts the attachment member,

wherein the body comprises a control panel and a lower end,

wherein the control panel comprises a capture button that, when pressed, causes a processor operatively connected to the communication module to extract a humanoid feature having a cutoff,

wherein at least one selected from a group consisting of the plurality of shafts, the attachment member, and the electromechanical member is adjusted, and

wherein the image acquisition module is configured to capture an adjusted image without the cutoff.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the attachment member comprises a ball configured to pan, tilt, or rotate the image acquisition module.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the body contacts the attachment member at an upper end of the body,

the upper end is disposed opposite to the lower end, and

the lower end is a rotatable end that comprises a crevasse configured to receive an insert.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the rotatable bottom end, when turned in a clockwise direction relative to a center axis of the body, increases a distance between the lower end and the attachment member by elongating at least one of the plurality of shafts.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the body comprises a plurality of gaps and a toggle configured to interlock with one of the plurality of gaps, each of the plurality of the gaps sets a predetermined delay time to the image acquisition module when capturing an image.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of shafts are disposed concentric to one another and concentric to the body.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the electromechanical component comprises a conveyor belt system having a conveyor motor driving the conveyor belt system, a conveyor belt operatively connected to the conveyor motor, and a conveyor belt holder, and

the conveyor belt system is configured to change a distance between the lower end and the attachment member.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the electromechanical component comprises a gear system having a plurality of gears attached to the plurality of shafts and a motor driving the gear system, and

the plurality of gears engages one another and is configured to change a distance between the lower end and the attachment member.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

a processor compares the face with entries in a database, and

if the face does not match with an entry in the database, the processor or the image acquisition module is configured to issue a notification to a registered user.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the notification comprises the face and a location of the image acquisition module.

11. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the image acquisition module is at least one selected from a group consisting of a camera and a smartphone, and

the image acquisition module communicates the processor wirelessly.

12. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when the image acquisition module identifies a feature of interest in the field of vision, at least one selected from a group consisting of the plurality of shafts, the attachment member, and the electromechanical member is adjusted to cause the image acquisition module to track the feature.

13. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electromechanical component is at least one selected from a group consisting of:

a conveyor belt system and a gear system.

14. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the control panel comprises a reset button,

the memory is configured to store at least one selected from a group consisting of a default shaft position and a default attachment member position, and

when the reset button is pressed, the plurality of shafts are returned to the default shaft position or the attachment member is returned to the default attachment member position.

15. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the attachment member comprises a holder having a base and a holding claw, and

the holding claw has a moveable portion operatively connected to a spring.

16. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the body comprises a position fixing knob configured to secure a position of the attachment member relative to the body or a position of the plurality of shafts relative to the body.

17. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control panel comprises a distance button configured to change a distance between the lower end and the attachment member by elongating at least one of the plurality of shafts.