US 11,700,443 B2
Camera with reconfigurable lens assembly
Ingrid Anda Cotoros, Hillsborough, CA (US); and Jonathan Stern, San Mateo, CA (US)
Assigned to GoPro, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/627,238
Filed by GoPro, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 13, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/041791
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/011463, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/875,627, filed on Jul. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0239811 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); G03B 17/14 (2021.01); G03B 17/56 (2021.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01); H04N 23/68 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/55 (2023.01) [G03B 17/14 (2013.01); G03B 17/565 (2013.01); H04N 23/634 (2023.01); H04N 23/665 (2023.01); H04N 23/683 (2023.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01); G03B 2206/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
an image capture device including:
a body;
a mother lens; and
an image sensor configured to detect light incident through the mother lens,
wherein the mother lens and the image sensor are located within the body;
an accessory lens structure including an accessory lens and a retaining mechanism configured to fasten the accessory lens in a position covering the mother lens in a first arrangement and configured to disconnect the accessory lens from the image capture device in a second arrangement, wherein the accessory lens augments optical properties of a lens stack over the image sensor that includes the mother lens when the retaining mechanism is in the first arrangement;
a non-volatile memory storing more than two bits of data that is integrated in the accessory lens structure; and
a processing apparatus that is integrated in the image capture device and configured to receive data that is stored in the non-volatile memory when the retaining mechanism is in the first arrangement.