US 11,774,833 B2
Methods, systems, apparatuses, and devices for facilitating controlling operation of a content capturing device
Nikola Vladimir Bicanic, Venice, CA (US); and Dmytro Korobov, Venice, CA (US)
Appl. No. 18/16,872
Filed by Nikola Vladimir Bicanic, Venice, CA (US); and Dmytro Korobov, Venice, CA (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 26, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/038257
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 19, 2023,
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Claims priority of provisional application 63/308,325, filed on Feb. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0251555 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. G03B 17/56 (2021.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01)
CPC G03B 17/563 (2013.01) [H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for facilitating controlling operation of a content capturing device, the apparatus comprising:
an apparatus body comprising a shaft portion, a first shoulder portion, and a second shoulder portion, wherein the shaft portion extends between a first end and a second end, wherein the shaft portion comprises a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, wherein the shaft portion comprises at least one first depression laterally disposed on the first side along a length of the shaft portion, wherein the shaft portion comprises a second depression longitudinally disposed on the second side proximal to the first end, wherein the first shoulder portion extends laterally on the first side in relation to the shaft portion from the first end, wherein the second shoulder portion extends laterally on the second side in relation to the shaft portion from the first end, wherein the at least one first depression is configured for receiving at least one finger of a human hand, wherein the second depression is configured for receiving a thumb of the human hand, wherein the shaft portion is configured to be grasped by a palm of the human hand, the at least one finger, and the thumb based on the receiving of the at least one finger and the receiving of the thumb for holding the apparatus body by the human hand;
at least one attachment mechanism attached to the apparatus body, wherein the at least one attachment mechanism is configured for coupling the apparatus body to at least one content capturing device;
a plurality of input devices comprising a first input device, a second input device, and a third input device, wherein the first input device is mounted in the second depression, the second input device is mounted on the first end of the shaft portion, and the third input device is mounted on a top side of the first shoulder portion, wherein at least one of the first input device, the second input device, and the third input device is reachable for manipulating by at least one of the thumb and the at least one finger while holding the apparatus body based on the mounting of at least one of the first input device, the second input device, and the third input device, wherein the plurality of input devices is programmable for controlling at least one parameter of at least one of a plurality of operations of the at least one content capturing device, wherein at least one of the plurality of input devices is configured to be transitioned to one of a plurality of input device states for the controlling of the at least one parameter of at least one of the plurality of operations based on the manipulating, wherein at least one of the first input device, the second input device, and the third input device comprises at least one movable element movably mounted on the apparatus body, wherein the at least one movable element of the first input device is configured to be moved between a plurality of positions based on at least one input user action received by the at least one movable element from the thumb, wherein the at least one movable element of the second input device is configured to be moved between the plurality of positions based on the at least one input user action received by the at least one movable element from an index finger of the at least one finger, wherein the at least one movable element of the third input device is configured to be moved between the plurality of positions based on the at least one input user action received by the at least one movable element from the index finger, wherein the transitioning of at least one of the plurality of input devices to one of the plurality of input device states corresponds to the moving of the at least one movable element of at least one of the first input device, the second input device, and the third input device to one of the plurality of positions;
a memory device disposed on the apparatus body, wherein the memory device is configured for retrieving a map data comprising a mapping between at least one of the plurality of input device states of at least one of the plurality of input devices and at least one of a plurality of parameter control commands for the controlling of the at least one parameter of at least one of the plurality of operations of the at least one content capturing device;
a processing device disposed on the apparatus body, wherein the processing device is communicatively coupled with the plurality of input devices and the memory device, wherein the processing device is configured for generating at least one parameter control command based on at least one of the plurality of input device states of at least one of the plurality of input devices and the map data; and
at least one communication interface disposed on the apparatus body, wherein the at least one communication interface is configured for transmitting the at least one parameter control command to the at least one content capturing device, wherein the at least one content capturing device executes at least one of the plurality of operations with the at least one parameter based on the at least one parameter control command.