Digital personal assistant docking station camera
US6477588B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 22, 1999 |
| Grant date | Nov 5, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 22, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F1/1632
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A docking station is adapted to operate with a personal digital assistant. The docking station includes an image sensor configured to acquire images, a sensor microprocessor coupled to the sensor, a vision microprocessor coupled to the sensor microprocessor and an instruction memory and a data memory, a communication interface coupled to the vision microprocessor, and configured to interface with a digital personal assistant and a computer system interface and a power supply. A housing of the docking station encloses the image sensor, the sensor microprocessor, the vision microprocessor and memories, the communications interface, and a power supply. During operation, a personal digital assistant is physically and electronically coupling to a top oblique surface of the housing.
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