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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. 24, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Chih-Wen Pan, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
Inventec Corporation, Taipei, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 ; H04N 5/225 ; G03B 9/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 ; H04N 5/225 ; G03B 9/20 ;
Abstract
A digital camera, which includes an optical module for capturing an image, angle detecting sensor means for detecting the angle of the digital camera when capturing an image, and a photo processing module, which controls the operation of the optical module to adjust exposure, focusing, and field depth when capturing an image, converts captured image into a digital image signal, and rotates the picture frame of the digital image signal thus obtained into an image storage format subject to the camera angle detected by the angle detecting sensor means.