Patent ID: 6597817
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: B41J,B82Y,G06K,G11C,H04N

Abstract:
A camera device comprising:an area image sensor adapted to sense an image; an image store adapted to store the sensed image; an orientation sensor adapted to sense the camera's rotational orientation with respect to gravity; a processor adapted to process said sensed image utilizing said sensed camera orientation by applying an orientation-dependent transform to said sensed image to produce a transformed image; and an inbuilt printer for printing out said transformed image on print media, wherein said orientation-dependent transform is selected from the group comprising: (i) detecting, using said sensed camera orientation, at least one face within said sensed image, and altering said sensed image in relation to said at least one detected face to produce said transformed image; and (ii) placing, at an orientation consistent with said sensed camera orientation, textual information within said sensed image to produce said transformed image.