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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:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2021
Applicant:
Karl Storz Imaging, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Inventor:
Eric L. Hale, Vancouver, WA (US);
Assignee:
KARL STORZ Imaging, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/00006 (2013.01); H04N 5/2628 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01);
Abstract
A camera configured to maintain an image in a preferred orientation when the camera is passed from one user to another is provided. The camera detects a spatial orientation of the camera in at least a first position. The camera detects a vector information generated when the camera is passed from one user to another. The camera processes the spatial orientation and vector information so as to retain the image in a preferred orientation.