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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2001
Tan Vooi-Kia, Tokyo, JP;
Tang Lung Yee, Singapore, SG;
Nir Karasikov, Haifa, IL;
Ze'ev Ganor, Meir Herzlia, IL;
Alon Avital, Haifa, IL;
Hovav Elhayani, Yokneam Illit, IL;
Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
A video telecommunications device and a camera unit for a video telecommunications device. A camera is mounted on the telecommunications device by a motor capable of rotating the camera on the telecommunications device. A position sensor senses the rotational position of the camera on the telecommunications device, and a position control input device enables provision of a control signal indicating a desired rotational position for the camera on the telecommunications device. A controller that is responsive to the control signal and the sensed position of the camera causes the motor to rotate the camera so as to position the camera in the desired rotational position on the telecommunications device, providing the desired video picture. A telecommunications coupler couples the camera unit to the telecommunications device, enabling the telecommunications device to communicate the image sensed by the camera lens to a receiving telecommunications device.