Control device for controlling a camera arrangement and a method for controlling an augumented reality application program of the camera arrangement

• Main Authors: Linde, Oskar, Bond, Lars Anders
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 02.10.2018
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; AMUSEMENTS; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USINGWAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FORPROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HOLOGRAPHY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; SPORTS; VIDEO GAMES

The present invention relates to a control device for controlling a camera arrangement (1), said control device having a front end and a back end, said control device comprising: attachment means (2) configured to attach a camera arrangement (1) to said control device; gripping means (3) configured to facilitate for a user to hold said control device; interaction means (4; 7; 8; 9) configured for controlling a camera arrangement (1) when attached to said control device; wide-angle lens means (5) arranged to be positioned on said attachment means (2) in front of a camera lens of a camera arrangement (1) when attached to said control device; and actuator means (6) configured to control said interaction means (4; 7; 8; 9) and arranged at said gripping means (3) to facilitate use thereof for a user holding said control device by said gripping means (3), wherein said attachment means (2) is arranged on said control device to fix a camera lens of a camera arrangement (1) when attached to said control device towards the front end of said control device, and to fix a touchscreen of a camera arrangement (1) when attached to said control device towards the back end of said control device.