Underwater systems for digital image capturing devices

    公开(公告)号:US12259640B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-25

    申请号:US18143746

    申请日:2023-05-05

    Applicant: GoPro, Inc.

    Abstract: An underwater system is disclosed for use with a digital image capturing device (DICD) in underwater environments. The underwater system includes a center band having first and second support bands; a first housing fixedly connected to the first support band and including an optically clear material; a second housing fixedly connected to the second support band and including an optically clear material; a cradle connected to the first support band and configured to receive the DICD; and a latching mechanism positioned between the cradle and the first support band. The second support band is pivotally connected to the first support band such that the underwater system is repositionable between an open position and a closed position, and the latching mechanism is repositionable between a locked position, in which the latching mechanism securely engages the DICD, and an unlocked position, in which the latching mechanism is disengaged from the DICD.

    Camera case
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12245671B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-11

    申请号:US18367786

    申请日:2023-09-13

    Applicant: GoPro, Inc.

    Abstract: A camera case that includes a buoyant material. The buoyant material forms a cavity defined by a top side, a right side, a bottom side, and a left side, and the cavity is configured to removably receive a camera. A front opening extends into the cavity. A rear opening is located opposite the front opening, and the rear opening is larger than the front opening so that the camera is extendable into the cavity through the rear opening. A button recess in the top side is aligned with a physical input interface of the camera. A mount opening extends through the bottom side of the camera case to receives a portion of a support member so that the support member and the camera are connectable through the mount opening. The camera case includes a sufficient amount of the buoyant material to float the camera in water when the camera is inserted into the cavity.

    IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20240395841A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-28

    申请号:US18797003

    申请日:2024-08-07

    Applicant: GoPro, Inc.

    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.

    MOUNTS FOR IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICES AND METHODS OF INHIBITING DISASSEMBLY

    公开(公告)号:US20240048829A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-08

    申请号:US18229357

    申请日:2023-08-02

    Applicant: GoPro, Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04N23/54 H01R13/639

    Abstract: A mount (coupler) is disclosed that is configured to connect an image capture device to an accessory. The mount includes a female component that is configured for connection to the accessory and which defines stops, and a male component that is configured for removable insertion into the female component. The male component includes: a body; arms that are supported by the body and which are configured for engagement with the stops to thereby connect the male component to the female component; and a power hub that is supported by the body and which is configured to receive a power cord along a longitudinal axis to thereby deliver power and/or data to the mount. The male component is configured for disconnection from the female component upon deflection of the arms beyond a threshold release distance that is less than a maximum transverse (e.g., horizontal) cross-sectional dimension defined by the power cord.

    IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE
    6.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210112182A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-15

    申请号:US17028934

    申请日:2020-09-22

    Applicant: GoPro, Inc.

    Abstract: An image capture device includes electronic components and a body. The electronic components include an image sensor and a processing apparatus. The body defines an internal compartment containing the electronic components. The body includes a rear housing and a chassis. The rear housing extends around a top side, a right side, a bottom side, and a left side of the body. The chassis includes an upright portion and a lateral portion extending rearward from the upright portion. The rear housing and the chassis are coupled to each other to cooperatively form the internal compartment with the upright portion of the chassis being coupled to a front end of the rear housing and the lateral portion being positioned outside of and below the internal compartment.

    COUPLERS FOR IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICES AND ACCESSORIES

    公开(公告)号:US20250080814A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-06

    申请号:US18851332

    申请日:2022-12-07

    Applicant: GoPro, Inc.

    Abstract: A coupler (mount) is disclosed that is configured to releasably connect an image capture device and an accessory. The coupler includes a shaft and a lever that is operatively connected to the shaft, and is repositionable between unlocked and locked positions as well as between disengaged and engaged positions. When the coupler is in the unlocked positioned, the image capture device and the accessory are movable in relation to each other, and when the coupler is in the locked positioned, the image capture device and the accessory are fixed in relation to each other. When the coupler is in the disengaged position, the shaft is removable from the image capture device and the accessory, and when the coupler is in the engaged position, the shaft is non-removable from the image capture device and the accessory.

    Camera housing
    8.
    外观设计

    公开(公告)号:USD1029904S1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-04

    申请号:US29905199

    申请日:2023-10-17

    Applicant: GoPro, Inc.

    Abstract: FIG. 1 is a bottom, front and left side perspective view of a camera housing showing our new design;
    FIG. 2 is a top, rear and right side perspective view thereof;
    FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;
    FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;
    FIG. 5 is a top view thereof;
    FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof;
    FIG. 7 is a right view thereof; and,
    FIG. 8 is a left view thereof.
    The broken lines depict portions of the camera housing in which the design is embodied that form no part of the claimed design.

    Underwater systems for digital image capturing devices

    公开(公告)号:US11668997B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-06

    申请号:US16734706

    申请日:2020-01-06

    Applicant: GoPro, Inc.

    CPC classification number: G03B17/08 G03B17/56 H04N23/51 H04N23/55 H04N23/555

    Abstract: An underwater system is disclosed for use with a digital image capturing device (DICD) in underwater environments. The underwater system includes a center band having first and second support bands; a first housing fixedly connected to the first support band and including an optically clear material; a second housing fixedly connected to the second support band and including an optically clear material; a cradle connected to the first support band and configured to receive the DICD; and a latching mechanism positioned between the cradle and the first support band. The second support band is pivotally connected to the first support band such that the underwater system is repositionable between an open position and a closed position, and the latching mechanism is repositionable between a locked position, in which the latching mechanism securely engages the DICD, and an unlocked position, in which the latching mechanism is disengaged from the DICD.

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