| US 7,616,883 B2 | ||
| User-rotatable camera for enhancing panoramic image capture | ||
| Yukio Nakajima, Kanagawa (Japan); Satoru Ogawa, Tokyo (Japan); and Kenji Toyoda, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 07, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/567,769. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2006-126654 (JP), filed on Apr. 28, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0253696 A1, Nov. 01, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G03B 17/00 (2006.01); G03B 37/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 396—263 [396/20; 396/24; 352/69] | 7 Claims |
| 1. A camera comprising:
a camera body;
a holding section disposed on the camera body and which is held by a user and rotatable with respect to the camera body;
a detector which detects an amount of relative rotation between the holding section and the camera body;
a controller which instructs an image capturing operation according to an amount of relative rotation detected by the detector;
and
an auxiliary instrument which is detachable with respect to the holding section and rotatable with respect to the camera body
along with the holding section when attached to the holding section and held by a user instead of the holding section.
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