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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:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2020
Applicant:
Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Inventors:
Shree K. Nayar, New York, NY (US);
Jian Wang, Long Island City, NY (US);
Assignee:
Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 13/06 (2021.01); H04B 1/3888 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 13/06 (2013.01); H04B 1/3888 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus that comprises a camera opening that couples to a camera lens of a camera and a viewfinder collocated with the camera opening. The viewfinder comprises a mirror coupled to an aperture having a width and a height. The mirror is recessed into the apparatus at a depth defined by a height of the aperture. The width and the height of the aperture being based on a field of view of the camera. The viewfinder having a field of view that approximates the field of view of the camera for a range of viewing angles. Other embodiments are described herein.