The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2014
Applicant:
Motorola Mobility Llc, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Michael J Lombardi, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
John Gorsica, Round Lake, IL (US);
Amber M Pierce, Evanston, IL (US);
Assignee:
GOOGLE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06F 3/147 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23293 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 3/147 (2013.01); H04N 5/23219 (2013.01); G09G 2340/0464 (2013.01); G09G 2340/0492 (2013.01); G09G 2340/14 (2013.01); G09G 2380/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic device has an imaging device (such as a still camera or video camera) and is capable of displaying a viewfinder on one side or multiple sides of the device. The device may determine the side or sides on which to display the viewfinder based on factors such as user input, object proximity, grip detection, accelerometer data, and gyroscope data. In one implementation, the device has multiple imaging devices and can select which imaging device to use to capture an image based on the above factors as well.