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Method and system for detecting horizontal orientation of camera device

US8150249B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Inventor

  • Jun Liu · South San Francisco, US

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Filing dateOct 13, 2009
Grant dateApr 3, 2012
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Expiry dateOct 13, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/6812
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for detecting horizontal orientation of the picture in a camera device, and the method includes the following steps. A plurality of orientation changes are detected in the camera device and converted to voltage signals by a gravity sensor module. The voltage signals are received by a data processing module and value of the angle in which the camera device deviated from a defined horizontal orientation is calculated. The value of the angle in which the camera device deviated from the defined horizontal orientation is received by an output module. The output module indicates how to adjust the camera device to the defined horizontal orientation.

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