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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. 28, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Covr Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas J. Hurst, Bellevue, WA (US);
Stephen T. Vincent, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
COVR LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/07 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/0264 (2013.01); H04M 1/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image redirection system having a case that includes a body configured to removably attach to a mobile device, and an optical housing on the body, the optical housing configured to position one or more optical elements over the mobile device lens and flash unit when the case is attached to the mobile device. The optical housing is configured to enable one-handed operation such that a user can deploy and retract the optical housing with only one digit of a hand that holds the case and enable operation of the camera with another finger or thumb of the holding hand.