Patent ID: 8228381

Claim:
An apparatus for capturing images, comprising: a mobile unit including a mobile unit microcontroller; a ball including an image sensor having an optical axis, and adapted for generating an image signal, said image sensor operably connected to said mobile unit microcontroller; a motion sensing unit including a motion sensor for generating a motion signal indicative of movement of said image sensor, said motion sensor operably connected to said mobile unit microcontroller; said mobile unit microcontroller including a computer readable medium storing said image signal and said motion signal; said mobile unit computer readable medium further including image correction software stored on said computer readable medium for correcting said image signal; said mobile unit microcontroller including a microprocessor for processing said image signals and said motion signals, said mobile unit microcontroller generating an output signal comprising said motion signal and said image signal; a radio frequency (RF) transmitter operably connected to said mobile unit microcontroller, said RF transmitter adapted for transmitting said output signal to said base unit; a base unit including a base unit microcontroller; an RF receiver operably connected to said base unit microcontroller, said RF receiver adapted for receiving said mobile unit output signal; said base unit microcontroller including a computer readable medium storing video editing software and said mobile unit output signal, said base unit microcontroller including a microprocessor for processing said mobile unit output signal; and said base unit microcontroller generating an output signal comprising a visually perceptible image of said image signal.