Patent ID: 9417433
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: G02B,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A camera arrangement having a housing, and a plurality of zoom settings, comprising a camera lens in a housing surface, a sensor means and a selecting means in response to the sensor signals indicating the camera orientation, characterized in that the camera arrangement is configured as communication camera arrangement for generating and transmitting audio and video data wherein the selecting means is configured for detecting, by means of the sensor means, in which orientation the housing was placed and, in response to the camera orientation detected by means of the sensor means, for selecting a zoom factor such that in case the camera lens is generally oriented upwardly a setting is selected by generating wide-angle panorama images with a first zoom factor in order to thus allow video conferences with a plurality of persons simultaneously using the camera at least in one case the housing is oriented such that the camera lens is generally horizontal, a setting with a second zoom factor is selected which corresponds to a narrower image angle than the first zoom factor, in order to detect individual persons in front of the camera lens.