US 12,348,843 B2
Image orientation control for a portable digital video camera
Jason Green, Seattle, WA (US); Marc Barros, Bellevue, WA (US); David Thorpe, Portland, OR (US); Chunshik Kim, Portland, OR (US); Felix Ballerstedt, Portland, OR (US); David Randall Knaub, Portland, OR (US); Oved Valadez, Portland, OR (US); Peter Kettenring, Reinhem (DE); Margaret Novotny, Greenbrae, CA (US); Laura O'Donnell, El Segundo, CA (US); and Jeff Howard, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Contour IP Holding, LLC, Provo, UT (US)
Filed by Contour IP Holding, LLC, Provo, UT (US)
Filed on Apr. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/659,455.
Application 13/674,817 is a division of application No. 12/671,442, filed on May 14, 2010, granted, now 8,792,041, issued on Jul. 29, 2014.
Application 17/659,455 is a continuation of application No. 17/198,048, filed on Mar. 10, 2021, granted, now 11,310,398.
Application 17/198,048 is a continuation of application No. 16/664,330, filed on Oct. 25, 2019, granted, now 10,965,843, issued on Mar. 30, 2021.
Application 16/664,330 is a continuation of application No. 15/181,112, filed on Jun. 13, 2016, granted, now 10,477,078, issued on Nov. 12, 2019.
Application 15/181,112 is a continuation of application No. 13/674,817, filed on Nov. 12, 2012, abandoned.
Application 12/671,442 is a continuation in part of application No. 29/322,219, previously published as PCT/US2008/071661, filed on Jul. 30, 2008.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/952,810, filed on Jul. 30, 2007.
Prior Publication US 2022/0311912 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 23/50 (2023.01); G01S 17/875 (2020.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/50 (2023.01) [G01S 17/875 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); G06T 2207/30244 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A digital video camera, comprising:
a camera housing having a length, a width, and a height, wherein the length of the camera housing is greater than the width of the camera housing;
a lens coupled to the camera housing;
an image sensor located within the camera housing and configured to capture light propagating through the lens and produce image data of a scene; and
a plurality of protrusions, wherein the plurality of protrusions are configured to extend away from a portion of the camera housing in a same direction, wherein the plurality of protrusions define a plurality of cavities, and wherein each of the plurality of cavities is oriented parallel to the width of the camera housing such that a camera interface of a mount can mate with the plurality of cavities in a direction parallel to the length of the camera housing.