Digital camera stand with indexed tilt feature

Details Digital camera stand with indexed tilt feature Digital camera stand with indexed tilt feature

2001-12-18

2003-06-03

Gray, David M. (Department: 2851)

Photography

Camera support

Adjustable support

C348S373000, C248S140000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06572282

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to mounting devices and, more particularly, to docking stations for digital movie and/or still cameras.
Cameras that take video pictures for transmission in real time over the Internet (often referred to as “web cams”) are becoming more popular as capable computer and Internet video transmission systems have advanced. Most web cams are of the integrated type with the camera portion integrated with its stand. This makes the camera less useful as a tool that can be detached from the computer, used, and then reattached for transfer and transmission of the video or still images taken to another via e-mail.
An important aspect of these web cams is that they be easily adjustable so that the camera lens is pointed at the face of the user. This is a non-trivial problem from a stability and ease-of-use standpoint. While some camera stands exist in the art for receiving a camera and then transmitting digital images to a computer, these existing designs are seen as deficient.
Accordingly, the need remains for an improved design for a digital camera stand that overcomes drawbacks that exist in the prior art.


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