US 12,309,469 B2
Remote image capture and mounting ecosystem
Nicholas D. Woodman, Big Sky, MT (US); Daniel J. Coster, Oakura (NZ); and Joshua T. Druker, Redwood City, CA (US)
Assigned to GoPro, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed by GoPro, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/480,810.
Application 17/480,810 is a continuation of application No. 16/462,738, granted, now 11,134,181, previously published as PCT/US2018/012183, filed on Jan. 3, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/557,332, filed on Sep. 12, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/441,799, filed on Jan. 3, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0006924 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/50 (2023.01); G03B 17/56 (2021.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/50 (2023.01) [G03B 17/561 (2013.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01); G03B 2206/00 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0056 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0058 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
an imaging device, comprising:
a housing;
an imaging unit disposed in the housing and including a lens that focuses light onto an image sensor that detects image data;
a control interface disposed on the housing and configured to receive commands for the imaging unit from a user of the imaging device, wherein the control interface includes an audio interface configured to receive audio commands from the user and a touch pad; and
an imaging device securing structure disposed on or formed with a back surface of the housing and located on an opposite side of the housing from the lens of the imaging unit along an exterior surface of the housing, wherein the imaging device securing structure is formed from metallic or magnetic materials; and
a mount configured to releasably receive and secure the housing of the imaging device therein, the mount comprising:
a first mount securing structure comprising walls defining a cavity of the mount that is configured to receive and releasably secure side surfaces and the back surface of the housing of the imaging device such that access to a front surface including the lens of the imaging device is unrestricted;
a second mount securing structure disposed on an interior surface of the walls of the first mount securing structure within the cavity of the first mount securing structure such that the second mount securing structure is configured to directly contact and magnetically couple with the imaging device securing structure; and
a third mount securing structure configured to releasably secure the imaging device and the mount with at least one of paper, fabric, or other material between the third mount securing structure and the second mount securing structure such that the imaging device and the mount are securable to the at least one of the paper, fabric, or other material.