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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2014
Applicant:
Digitaloptics Corporation Europe Limited, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Stuart E. Wilson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Ilyas Mohammed, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Charles White, Los Altos, CA (US);
Hari Chakravarthula, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
FotoNation Limited, Ballybrit, Galway, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/05 (2006.01); H04M 1/60 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/0264 (2013.01); H04M 1/0202 (2013.01); H04M 1/026 (2013.01); H04M 1/0279 (2013.01); H04M 1/05 (2013.01); H04M 1/6066 (2013.01); H04M 1/7253 (2013.01); H04M 2250/02 (2013.01); H04M 2250/12 (2013.01); H04M 2250/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device is provided with a housing adapted to engage a portion of a head of a user, such as the ear of the user. The device includes a camera component adapted to face in the same direction as the user when engaged with the portion of the head of the user. The device may be adapted to be controlled using voice commands from the user.