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Wearable image pickup apparatus, portable device and calibrator that communicate with image pickup apparatus, control methods therefor, and storage media storing control programs therefor

US12174661B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 7, 2022
Grant dateDec 24, 2024
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Expiry dateAug 5, 2042

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/56
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A wearable image pickup apparatus that eliminates manual change of an image pickup direction during picking up an image and can easily obtain an image that records experience while focusing attention on the experience. An image pickup apparatus includes an observation direction detection unit that is worn on a body other than a head of a user, an image pickup unit that is worn on the body of the user, a memory device that stores a set of instructions, and at least one processor that executes the set of instructions to: detect an observation direction of the user by the observation direction detection unit, pick up an image by the image pickup unit, and output an output image corresponding to the observation direction based on the image picked up by the image pickup unit.

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