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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
May. 22, 2017
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Brian K. Guenter, Redmond, WA (US);
Neel S. Joshi, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/64 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); G03B 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/646 (2013.01); G03B 5/08 (2013.01); H04N 5/23254 (2013.01); H04N 5/23258 (2013.01); H04N 5/23287 (2013.01); H04N 5/3696 (2013.01); G03B 2205/0015 (2013.01); G03B 2205/0069 (2013.01); G03B 2217/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
The subject disclosure is directed towards a curved image sensor that is rotated in one or more rotational directions to compensate for camera movement, e.g., camera shake. In one aspect, sensors such as gyroscopes output camera movement data, which a controller uses to rotate the curved (e.g., hemispherical) image sensor about its center of curvature, e.g., via signals to electrical and/or magnetic movement mechanisms. Image processing may be used by the controller to rotate the image sensor.