Patent ID: 9596393
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: A45C,A45F,G02B,G03B,H04B,H04M,H04N

Claim:
1. A mobile camera system, comprising: a camera-enabled, mobile device; including a miniature camera module embedded within the mobile device including a built-in lens and an image sensor for capturing digital images; a mobile device processor configured for processing the digital images; a mobile device display for viewing the digital images; a lens attachment interface comprising a mobile device case that includes a processor and electrical circuitry that is programmable by a software application in accordance with a lens recognition process, selectable pre-capture settings or post-capture image editing or combinations thereof wherein the case is coupled around the camera-enabled mobile device, and wherein said a lens attachment interface is embedded within or integral with the case, a removable lens assembly coupled to the lens attachment interface and stably aligned along the optical path of the miniature camera module; a case shutter button mechanism for actuating the miniature camera module of the mobile camera system; the case processor and electrical circuitry embedded within the case that are configured to detect the presence of the removable lens that is coupled to the lens attachment interface; and a lens recognition sensor coupled to the case processor and electrical circuitry and configured to identify the removable lens as being configured in accordance with a particular one of multiple lens types.