Patent ID: 7129986
Filing Date: 2006-10-31
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A wireless camera, comprising: a. an enclosure having a lens opening at a first end of the enclosure; b. a cap to be received at a second end of the enclosure during operation; c. an imaging sensor positioned toward the lens opening; d. memory coupled to the camera to receive video image data from the imaging sensor; e. a radio frequency wireless transmitter coupled to the camera to transmit the video image data; and f. a pen-clip mounted on the enclosure and electrically connected to the wireless transmitter to act as an antenna; wherein when the camera is in use, the cap is removed from the first end and attached to the second end of the enclosure and when the cap is attached to the second end of the enclosure, the antenna is electrically coupled to the transmitter for radio signal transmission.