Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Attachment for a personal communication device
- Patent Title (中): 个人通讯装置的附件
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Application No.: US13578249Application Date: 2011-02-10
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Publication No.: US08798453B2Publication Date: 2014-08-05
- Inventor: Thomas Alexander Lawton
- Applicant: Thomas Alexander Lawton
- Applicant Address: GB Ringwood, Hampshire
- Assignee: Bubblepix Limited
- Current Assignee: Bubblepix Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Ringwood, Hampshire
- Agency: Loginov & Associates, PLLC
- Agent William A. Loginov
- Priority: GB1002248.1 20100210
- International Application: PCT/GB2011/000173 WO 20110210
- International Announcement: WO2011/098760 WO 20110818
- Main IPC: G03B11/00
- IPC: G03B11/00 ; H04N7/00

Abstract:
A personal communication device, such as a smartphone handset (1) comprises a main body (2) incorporating a camera (4) having a lens (5). An attachment (6) for the personal communication device is detachably mountable to the main body (2) by means of a cover (8). The attachment (6) also comprises an optical device (7) arranged to reflect light into the lens from a panoramic field of view. The optical device (7) includes a convex mirror (9), which preferably reflects light from a 360° field of view into the camera (4). Such an arrangement enables the user to completely capture an image of his surroundings, so that the image is an objective record of a moment in time as experienced by the user. The invention is more portable and versatile than previous arrangements.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130011127A1 ATTACHMENT FOR A PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE Public/Granted day:2013-01-10
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