Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Foldable electronic device having rotatable camera and method for capturing images thereby
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Application No.: US17836216Application Date: 2022-06-09
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Publication No.: US11671710B2Publication Date: 2023-06-06
- Inventor: Wonkyu Sung , Jungwon Lee , Jinhoo Lee , Daehyeong Park , Yonghwa Han , Minwoo Yoo , Hyoungwook Yi , Jongchul Choi , Changryong Heo
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Cha & Reiter, LLC
- Priority: KR 20190162582 2019.12.09
- Main IPC: H04N23/695
- IPC: H04N23/695 ; G06F1/16 ; H04N23/57 ; H04N23/63 ; H04N23/667 ; H04N23/53 ; H04N23/58

Abstract:
A foldable electronic device is disclosed, including a first housing and a second housing coupled via a hinge allowing folding thereof, a camera configured to rotate with respect to the first housing to a change a field-of-view (FOV) of the camera, a display spanning across surfaces of the first and second housings, a motion sensor for detecting a posture of the foldable electronic device, a folding angle sensor for detecting a folding angle between the first and second housings, and at least one processor configured to: based on detecting an input requesting a function associated with photographic capture by the camera, detect a present posture via the motion sensor and a present folding angle via the folding angle sensor, and drive rotation of the camera, based on the detected present posture and the present folding angle, so as to adjust a present FOV of the camera.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220303473A1 FOLDABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING ROTATABLE CAMERA AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING IMAGES THEREBY Public/Granted day:2022-09-22
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