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Patent No.:

US 9275809 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016

Filed:

May. 14, 2012

Device camera angle

Applicants:

Panos C. Panay, Redmond, WA (US);

Hakon Strande, Redmond, WA (US);

Chun Beng Goh, Redmond, WA (US);

Harold F. Mantooth, Vancouver, WA (US);

Kabir Siddiqui, Sammamish, WA (US);

Darryl I. Jensen, Duvall, WA (US);

Inventors:

Panos C. Panay, Redmond, WA (US);

Hakon Strande, Redmond, WA (US);

Chun Beng Goh, Redmond, WA (US);

Harold F. Mantooth, Vancouver, WA (US);

Kabir Siddiqui, Sammamish, WA (US);

Darryl I. Jensen, Duvall, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorneys:

Jeremy Snodgrass

Judy Yee

Micky Minhas

Primary Examiner:

Aung S Moe

Assistant Examiner:

Euel Cowan

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/222 (2006.01); H04N 5/228 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H01H 13/785 (2006.01); H01H 13/79 (2006.01); H01H 13/78 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); G05B 11/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); H01H 13/704 (2006.01); H01H 13/82 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H01H 13/702 (2006.01); H01H 13/14 (2006.01); H01H 13/703 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 13/10 (2006.01); G06F 3/023 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0487 (2013.01); H01H 13/807 (2006.01); H01H 9/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 13/785 (2013.01); G05B 11/01 (2013.01); G06F 1/1618 (2013.01); G06F 1/1654 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); G06F 1/1662 (2013.01); G06F 1/1669 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); G06F 1/1683 (2013.01); G06F 1/1684 (2013.01); G06F 3/002 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2013.01); G06F 3/0202 (2013.01); G06F 3/023 (2013.01); G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/0487 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 9/541 (2013.01); G06F 11/3089 (2013.01); G06F 13/102 (2013.01); H01H 13/14 (2013.01); H01H 13/702 (2013.01); H01H 13/703 (2013.01); H01H 13/704 (2013.01); H01H 13/78 (2013.01); H01H 13/79 (2013.01); H01H 13/807 (2013.01); H01H 13/82 (2013.01); H04M 1/0216 (2013.01); H04M 1/0254 (2013.01); H04M 1/72527 (2013.01); H05K 5/0226 (2013.01); H05K 5/0234 (2013.01); H01H 9/26 (2013.01); H01H 2201/036 (2013.01); H01H 2205/006 (2013.01); H01H 2211/006 (2013.01); H01H 2217/004 (2013.01); H04M 1/0245 (2013.01); Y10T 16/5401 (2015.01); Y10T 16/551 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract

Techniques for device camera angle are described. In one or more implementations, a camera is mounted in a computing device at an angle based on an orientation of the computing device. For example, when the computing device is positioned on a surface and at an angle to the surface (such as when supported by a kickstand), the mounting angle of the camera is such that an optical axis of the camera points forward, and not towards the surface. In at least some implementations, a computing device includes a camera that is physically adjustable to support different orientations of the computing device. In at least some implementations, images that are captured via a camera on a computing device can be manipulated based on an orientation of the computing device.

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