Television – Camera – system and detail – Camera image stabilization
Reexamination Certificate
2007-12-11
2007-12-11
Villecco, John M. (Department: 2622)
Television
Camera, system and detail
Camera image stabilization
C348S374000, C396S055000
Reexamination Certificate
active
09999020
ABSTRACT:
A method and a handheld device for stabilizing an image captured by an optical lens of a micro camera integral with the handheld device, which may, for example, be a mobile phone. Motion sensors sense motion of the device and are used to cause movement of the micro camera to substantially compensate for the sensed movement so as to maintain a steady, focussed image to be displayed by a display on the handheld device or elsewhere, such as a remote display. The micro camera is moved by one or more motion actuators which move the camera in a horizontal plane substantially perpendicular to an axis of the lens of the camera and/or move the camera so as to pivot the lens axis.
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Translation of EP 0483530 A2.
Harrington & Smith PC
Villecco John M.
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