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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2015
Kevin Hwading Chu, Houston, TX (US);
Xiran Wang, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Yangyang Chen, Houston, TX (US);
Kevin Hwading Chu, Houston, TX (US);
Xiran Wang, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Yangyang Chen, Houston, TX (US);
Intellectual Fortress, LLC, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for using a telescoping monopod apparatus to capture an image including synchronizing a photographic instrument with the telescoping monopod apparatus, attaching the photographic instrument to the telescoping monopod apparatus, determining that the photographic instrument is in an image-capturing mode, extracting, by the image-capturing mode, a humanoid feature, detecting that the humanoid feature comprises a cutoff, adjusting a position of the photographic instrument using the telescoping monopod apparatus, and capturing an adjusted image using the photographic instrument.