IP Library Granted Patent US 7,804,521
Granted Patent B2
US 7,804,521 · App. 12/142,742 · Granted Sep 28, 2010

Image manipulation camera

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,804,521
App. No.
12/142,742
Granted
Sep 28, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A handheld camera comprising a sensor adapted to sense an image, a camera manager for controlling the sensing of the image, an image processing manager for manipulating the image, a print manager for controlling printing of the manipulated image, and a guillotine adapted to cut a print media on which the manipulated image is printed from a print roll. The print manager is operable to activate the guillotine upon receipt of a signal indicative of a manual attempt to pull the print media from the camera.

Claims (9)

1. A handheld camera comprising:

a sensor adapted to sense an image;

a camera manager for controlling the sensing of the image;

an image processing manager for manipulating the image;

a print manager for controlling printing of the manipulated image; and

a guillotine adapted to cut a print media on which the manipulated image is printed from a print roll, wherein

the print manager is operable to activate the guillotine upon receipt of a signal indicative of a manual attempt to pull the print media from the camera.

2. A handheld camera as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a print roll sensor adapted to detect an attempt to pull media from the camera.

3. A handheld camera as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the roll sensor is a strain gauge sensor.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 2, 2017
From: GOOGLE INC.
To: GOOGLE LLC
Reel/Frame 044101/0405 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 18, 2013
From: SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY LTD
To: GOOGLE INC.
Reel/Frame 029823/0339 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2008
From: SILVERBROOK, KIA; LAPSTUN, PAUL; WALMSLEY, SIMON ROBERT
To: SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY LTD
Reel/Frame 021123/0477 →