A digital camera includes an optical assembly and image sensor for capturing still and/or video images and displaying the images on a rear display screen. The camera includes a magnifying viewfinder that is coupled to the housing and is movable between a stowed position out of the way of the display screen and an active position for viewing a subset of display screen pixels with magnification.

A camera integrates a magnet at one end of a housing to magnetically attract and attach the camera to a front side of a peripheral display, such as to support a video conference through an information handling system interfaced with the display. Camera position at a display panel front face is detected, such as with a touchscreen of the display panel or an infrared curtain presented from the camera dock along the display panel front face. Presentation of content at the display is adjusted based upon the camera position, such as to enhance a video conference by placing a window with an active speaker proximate the camera so that an end user of camera appears to be looking the speaker in the eye.

An embodiment device for planning a path of a robot includes a camera configured to capture an image in a moving direction of the robot and a controller configured to detect a moving obstacle in the image in the moving direction of the robot, to calculate a speed and a moving direction of the moving obstacle based on a change in a location of the moving obstacle, and to set a region of the moving obstacle based on the speed and the moving direction of the moving obstacle, the region being in a form of an ellipse.

An imaging apparatus includes a movable unit in which a display unit is rotatable by a hinge part in an opening and closing direction with respect to a device body. A magnet is disposed in the vicinity of the hinge part and an opening and closing sensor detects the opening and closing of the movable unit by detecting a magnetic field of the magnet. A magnetizing direction of the magnet is a direction perpendicular to an opening and closing axis of the movable unit, the opening and closing sensor detects the magnetic field in a direction perpendicular to the opening and closing axis, and a control unit obtains a detection signal of the opening and closing sensor and controls a display state of the display unit.

A digital camera includes a body that contains a CCD image sensor for capturing an object image, a monitor that is pivotably mounted relative to the body and displays an image signal relating to the object image captured by the CCD image sensor, a microphone, and a controller for changing sound pickup directivity of the microphone according to an orientation of the monitor relative to the body. This increases sound pickup sensitivity for voice-enabled shutter operation.

The present disclosure provides a gimbal control method, a device, a gimbal, a system, and a storage medium. The gimbal includes at least one axis of rotation. The method includes: determining a current first working mode of the gimbal; and if the gimbal satisfies a preset mode switching condition, controlling the gimbal to switch from the first working mode to a second working mode, and enabling the gimbal to maintain smooth and stable operation during the switching process, where in the first working mode, the axis of rotation is configured to enable the gimbal to face a first direction, and in the second working mode, the axis of rotation is configured to enable the gimbal to face a second direction. In this way, smooth transition of the gimbal can be maintained during mode switching, so that stability of image shooting during mode switching of the gimbal is improved.

A reduced area imaging device is provided for use in medical or dental instruments such as an endoscope. The imaging device is provided in various configurations, and connections between the imaging device elements and a video display may be achieved by wired or wireless connections. A connector assembly located near the imaging device interconnects the imaging device to an image/power cable extending through the endoscope. The connector provides strain relief and stabilization for electrically interconnecting the imager to the cable. The connector also serves as the structure for anchoring the distal ends of steering wires extending through the body of the endoscopic device. The connector includes a strain relief member mounted over a body of the connector. The connector allows a steering wire capability without enlarging the profile of the distal tip of the endoscopic device.

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.

To achieve an improved touch operation, a display control apparatus includes a monitor unit provided with a display unit and rotatably connected to a main body via a hinge portion, a touch panel configured to detect a touch operation on the display unit, a variable angle state detection unit configured to detect a position of the monitor unit, and a system control unit configured to display a Q button to be used for releasing lock at a position nearer to the hinge portion than other display items when it is determined that the monitor unit is moved from a first position to a second position based on the detection result of the variable angle state detection unit.

A camera includes a camera-unit rotatably held which can change its photographing direction by rotation, and a rotation detecting device for detecting the rotation. The rotation detecting device includes: a detection part having a lever which self-returns to a reference position; a cam part, with which the lever part is contact, including a cut-out part in a part thereof; and a rotary body rotatable together with the camera-unit. In one-directional rotation about a shaft, the rotary body transitions at least among a first state of the lever not facing the cut-out part, a second state of the lever facing the cut-out part at the reference position, and a third state of the lever not facing the cut-out part. The detection part detects which one of the first, second, and third states the rotary body is in, and determines the photographing direction of the camera-unit based on the detected state.