Device for positioning a user by displaying the user's mirror image, a corresponding positioning method and image-capture apparatus
US7978883B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 20, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jul 12, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V40/18
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention relates to a device (4) for positioning the face of a user relative to an image-capture apparatus (1), the positioning device comprising a picture-taking device (7) arranged to supply horizontally-reversed images, a display screen (5) for displaying the reversed images and connected to the picture-taking device, and means for superposing on the images displayed on the screen at least one positioning reference mark (6) for the user, the positioning reference mark and the displayed images lying substantially in the same plane. The invention also provides a corresponding method and image-capture apparatus.
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