Patent ID: 9118824
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A prompting apparatus for coupling with a camera for video recording which has an accessory adapter shoe on its top, comprising: a rectangular cuboid housing with an open front defined by two opposite side walls, a bottom side, a top side, and a rear wall with a round opening for positioning and aligning said camera's lens; a flat see-through mirror being placed in said housing with its upper edge being attached to said top side's rear edge, its lower edge being attached to said bottom side's front edge, and its two side edges being attached to said two opposite side walls respectively such that said mirror and said housing forming a chamber where said lens is positioned and aligned behind said mirror; and a mounting and adjusting hardware assembly for coupling said housing with said camera through said accessory adapter shoe; wherein said top side is covering member which defines a space for placing a tablet device with its screen facing down at an angle of approximately 45 degrees from said mirror and in operation, image on said screen is reflected by said mirror to a speaker's eyes seeing into said mirror while light from said speaker passes through said mirror into said lens; and wherein said hardware assembly comprising a vertical adjustment column which is secured to said covering member's top, an elongate adjustment arm being operatively coupled with said vertical adjustment column to a necessary vertical height and held in place by a fastening means, and an upright bracket with its bottom end being operatively coupled and secured to said accessory adapter shoe and with its top end being operatively coupled with said elongate adjustment arm for adjusting a horizontal distance from said vertical adjustment column to said upright bracket.