Mobile and portable screen to view an image recorded by a camera
First Claim
1. A method for viewing by a user with a head of a video image of a scene, comprising:
- activating a camera, the camera being part of a mobile phone with a screen;
establishing a wireless communication connection between the mobile phone with the screen and a handheld computing device with a screen;
activating with a control on the mobile phone the screen of the handheld computing device with the screen to display in real-time the video image of the scene recorded with the camera of the mobile phone with the screen; and
switching off with the control the screen of the mobile phone with the screen while keeping the camera activated.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to create and display screen stereoscopic and panoramic images are disclosed. Methods and apparatus are provided to generate multiple images that are combined into a stereoscopic or a panoramic image. An image may be a static image. It may also be a video image. A controller provides correct camera settings for different conditions. An image processor creates a stereoscopic or a panoramic image from the correct settings provided by the controller. A plurality of lens/sensor units is placed on a carrier. Lens/sensor units are rotationally aligned. A controller rotationally aligns images of lens/sensor units that are rotationally misaligned. The camera is enabled to communicate via a wired or via a wireless connection, with a separate, mobile, ultrathin, ultralight, display with a large display screen not smaller than 25 by 20 cm in a first embodiment of the present invention and not smaller than 20 by 15 cm in a second embodiment of the present invention to provide color images including video images in real-time. A compact controllable platform to hold and rotate a device with a lens/sensor unit is also provided.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for viewing by a user with a head of a video image of a scene, comprising:
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activating a camera, the camera being part of a mobile phone with a screen; establishing a wireless communication connection between the mobile phone with the screen and a handheld computing device with a screen; activating with a control on the mobile phone the screen of the handheld computing device with the screen to display in real-time the video image of the scene recorded with the camera of the mobile phone with the screen; and switching off with the control the screen of the mobile phone with the screen while keeping the camera activated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A camera system to record a video image of a scene, comprising:
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a handheld computing device containing at least a screen enabled to display the video image; a mobile phone containing at least a camera and a screen, the handheld computing device and the mobile phone devices being wirelessly communicatively connectable with each other; the camera of the mobile phone enabled to capture the video image of the scene; the screen of the handheld computing device enabled to display the video image of the scene in real-time; and a control on the mobile phone to switch a real-time display of the video image of the scene recorded by the camera of the mobile phone to the screen of the handheld computing device and to switch off the screen of the mobile phone while the camera remains switched on. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A mobile phone to record a video image of a scene to be displayed in real-time on a screen of a handheld computing device, comprising:
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the mobile phone including a camera to record the video image of the scene and a screen, the mobile phone enabled to establish a wireless communication connection with the handheld computing device; a control on the mobile phone to activate the screen of the handheld computing device to display in real-time the video image of the scene recorded by the camera; and the control on the mobile phone enabled to switch off the screen of the mobile phone while the camera continues to operate. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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