IP Library Granted Patent US 11,721,712
Granted Patent B2
US 11,721,712 · App. 17/036,687 · Granted Aug 8, 2023

Image capture device

Inventors: Nicholas Vitale (Foster City, CA); Michael Brookmire (Half Moon Bay, CA); Matthew David Thomas (Castro Valley, CA); Jesse Patterson (Pacifica, CA); John George Muhlenkamp, IV (Brisbane, CA); Heman Au (San Mateo, CA)
Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
H01L27/14627G02B3/0075H04N23/55
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,721,712
App. No.
17/036,687
Filed
Sep 29, 2020
Granted
Aug 8, 2023
Kind
B2
Examiner
TRAN, NHAN T
Art Unit
2697
USPC
348/360
Abstract

An image capture device includes a first housing, a second housing, a first integrated sensor-lens assembly (ISLA), and a second ISLA. The second housing is coupled to the first housing to form an internal compartment. The first ISLA includes a first image sensor coupled to a first lens in fixed alignment. The second ISLA includes a second image sensor coupled to a second lens in fixed alignment. The first ISLA is positively statically connected to the first housing, and the second ISLA is coupled to the first housing indirectly via the first ISLA.

Claims (36)

1. An image capture device comprising:

a first housing;

a second housing coupled to the first housing to form an internal compartment, wherein the first housing and the second housing are configured as discrete components of the image capture device;

a first integrated sensor-lens assembly (ISLA) having a first image sensor coupled to a first lens in fixed alignment; and

a second integrated sensor-lens assembly (ISLA) having a second image sensor coupled to a second lens in fixed alignment;

wherein the first ISLA is directly connected to the first housing, and

wherein the second ISLA is indirectly connected to the first housing via the first ISLA.

2. The image capture device of claim 1 , wherein the second ISLA is coupled to the second housing indirectly via the first ISLA and the first housing.

3. The image capture device of claim 2 , wherein the second ISLA is coupled to the first ISLA in fixed alignment.

4. The image capture device of claim 1 , wherein the first housing includes a first lens opening, and wherein the first ISLA seals the first lens opening.

5. The image capture device of claim 4 , wherein the second housing includes a second lens opening, and wherein a second seal is arranged between the second ISLA and a portion of the second housing that defines the second lens opening to seal the second lens opening with the second ISLA.

6. The image capture device of claim 1 , wherein the first ISLA includes a first lens mount by which the first lens is coupled to the first image sensor in fixed alignment, and wherein the second ISLA includes a second lens mount by which the second lens is coupled to the second image sensor in fixed alignment.

7. The image capture device to claim 6 , wherein the first lens mount is positively statically connected to the first housing, and wherein the second lens mount is positively statically connected to the first lens mount.

8. The image capture device of claim 7 , wherein the first lens mount and the second lens mount are not positively statically connected to the second housing.

9. The image capture device of claim 8 , wherein the first ISLA forms a seal with the first housing, and wherein the second ISLA forms another seal with the second housing.

10. An image capture device comprising:

a housing defining an internal compartment that is sealed;

a chassis positioned within the internal compartment and to which electronic components of the image capture device are coupled; and

a mount by which the image capture device is coupleable to a support device;

wherein the mount is positively statically connected to the chassis via fasteners extending through the housing, the mount being repositionable between a stowed position and a deployed position while connected to the chassis, wherein the mount extends externally of the housing in the deployed position to facilitate coupling of the image capture device to the support device.

11. The image capture device according to claim 10 , wherein the fasteners include at least one threaded fastener that extends through the housing and compresses the housing between the chassis and the mount.

12. The image capture device according to claim 11 , wherein the chassis includes a blind hole in which the at least one threaded fastener is received.

13. The image capture device according to claim 12 , wherein a seal is compressed between the chassis and the housing and extends around the at least one threaded fastener.

14. The image capture device according to claim 13 , wherein the chassis is U-shaped.

15. The image capture device according to claim 14 , wherein the chassis includes a front chassis and a rear chassis; and

wherein bottom portions of the front chassis and the rear chassis are coupled to each other with one of more of the fasteners.

16. The image capture device according to claim 15 , wherein a seal is positioned between a head of the threaded fastener and the housing and extends around the threaded fastener, and wherein the seal, the housing, and the front chassis are compressed between the rear chassis and the threaded fastener.

17. An image capture system comprising:

an image capture device comprising:

a body,

two lenses disposed on opposite sides of the body, and

two lens bezels, each of the two lens bezels surrounding one of the two lenses and being spaced apart from one of the sides of the body to define a circumferential channel therebetween and extending around the lens; and

two lens covers that each define a recess and include a coupling flange that protrudes inwardly toward the recess, wherein for each of the two lens covers, the recess is configured to receive one of the two lenses and the coupling flange is configured to be received in the circumferential channel surrounding the one of the two lenses to couple the lens cover to the image capture device.

18. The image capture system according to claim 17 , wherein the two lens covers are identical.

19. The image capture system according to claim 18 , wherein the two lens covers are opaque and configured to couple to each other in a stack.

20. The image capture system according to claim 18 , wherein the two lens covers are transparent.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2025
From: GOPRO, INC.
To: FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C., AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 072340/0676 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2025
From: GOPRO, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 072358/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2021
From: VITALE, NICHOLAS; BROOKMIRE, MICHAEL; THOMAS, MATTHEW DAVID; PATTERSON, JESSE; MUHLENKAMP, JOHN GEORGE, IV; AU, HEMAN
To: GOPRO, INC.
Reel/Frame 055744/0903 →
Continuity (7)
Continuation In Part 17036687
Continuation In Part 29706014 · Sep 17, 2019
Continuation In Part 29705671 · Sep 13, 2019
Continuation In Part 29694559 · Jun 11, 2019
Continuation In Part 29661818 · Aug 31, 2018
Provisional Application 62908169 · Sep 30, 2019
Related Publication 20210111210A1 · Apr 15, 2021
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