Patent ID: 8902355
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
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 placed in said housing with its upper edge attached to said top side's rear edge, its lower edge attached to said bottom side's front edge, and its two side edges 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 a display unit with a flat facing-down LCD screen being 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 flat mounting bracket which is secured to said display unit's top, a shaft vertically coupled to said flat mounting bracket, a single piece elongate adjustment bracket being operatively coupled with said shaft, a vertical distance away from said flat mounting bracket to allow the center of the round opening to be aligned with a camera lens, and an upright bracket with its bottom end being operatively coupled and secured to said accessory adapter shoe and with its top end operatively coupled with said elongate adjustment bracket for adjusting a horizontal distance from said shaft to said upright bracket.