Patent
Portable personal computer and electronic camera
Yoshio Fukumitsu,Shunji Oshima +1 more
Reads0
Chats0
TLDR
In this paper, a portable personal computer having a display unit for displaying graphics, characters, etc. on a screen and an operation unit for inputting information, includes an upper panel having the display unit, a lower panel with the operation unit, an electronic camera which is at least partially designed in a spherical shape, and a mount recess portion having a curved-face support portion which is secured to a part of the upper panel and brought into contact with the spherical surface of the electronic camera to rotatably hold the camera.Abstract:
A portable personal computer having a display unit for displaying graphics, characters, etc. on a screen and an operation unit for inputting information, includes an upper panel having the display unit, a lower panel having the operation unit, an electronic camera which is at least partially designed in a spherical shape, and a mount recess portion having a curved-face support portion which is secured to a part of the upper panel and brought into contact with the spherical surface of the electronic camera to rotatably hold the electronic camera.read more
Citations
More filters
Patent
Method and apparatus for editing heterogeneous media objects in a digital imaging device
John F. Pavley,Eric C. Anderson +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a method and apparatus for editing heterogeneous media objects in a digital imaging device having a display screen is presented, where each one of the media objects has one or more media types associated therewith, such as a still image, a sequential image, video, audio, and text.
Patent
Audio controller for portable electronic devices
TL;DR: An audio controller for use with laptop and notebook digital computers for reproducing compressed digital audio recordings is described in this paper, where the controller includes a drive interface for traversing and accessing audio data files stored on a drive of a computer system.
Patent
Personal computer integrated with personal digital assistant
TL;DR: In this article, a method of operating a personal computer (PC) in either a PC mode or a PDA mode is also provided that includes: initiating a control signal; and loading a first or second operating system based on the control signal, wherein the first operating system operates the PC is the first PC mode and the second one operates the PDA is the second PC mode.
Patent
Low power digital audio decoding/playing system for computing devices
TL;DR: A quick boot process may also include detecting a condition, performing a BIOS boot process, loading an image file associated with the condition, and executing the image file in a second boot as discussed by the authors.
Patent
More useful man machine interfaces and applications
TL;DR: In this paper, a method for enhancing the well-being of a small child or a baby using a TV camera is presented, where the camera is used to observe one or more points on the child or an object associated with the child.
References
More filters
Patent
Adjustably mounted camera assembly for portable computers
TL;DR: A portable computer has a main body section, a display screen and an adjustable camera assembly as mentioned in this paper, which is carried by the portable computer and has a limited field of view and a discernable viewing direction.
Patent
Portable compact imaging and displaying apparatus
TL;DR: In this paper, a portable monitor is coupled with an imaging apparatus, and a removable modem is coupled to the imaging apparatus to reproduce and display image data stored in a memory, which can be used as a TV telephone.
Patent
Camera apparatus for electronic conference
TL;DR: In this paper, a camera unit for an electronic conference is adapted to be set on a monitor, and a control device incorporated in the camera unit body, for controlling the rotation of the unit body and the lens block and the focal distance and zooming ratio of the lens blocks.
Patent
Versatile attachment of handheld devices to a host computing system
TL;DR: In this article, the versatility of a portable computer is expanded by placing a hinged connector on an outside of a case of the portable computer, which allows the handheld device, when connected to the electrical connector, to rotate position with respect to the case.
Patent
IC card having camera, microphone, and modem for use in information processors
TL;DR: In this paper, a rotatable connecting member is added to the image input device and the acoustic input device in a modified IC card to enable the direction of the device to be set in a wide range.