Hand-held device for mounting and wirelessly triggering a camera

摘要

Mounting and triggering mechanisms for first person actuation of a camera by an internally mounted remote camera actuator in the form of a handle grip are disclosed for use in any applicable activity, without limitation, such as sporting, recreational, documentary filmmaking and/or photography, or the like.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
a hand-held device configured to be held in a hand; a first mounting feature for connecting at least one camera component to the hand-held device, the first mounting feature including:
a socket structure comprising a retaining piece, the retaining piece comprising opposing inner locking portions that are disposed orthogonally to an axis of the socket structure, andone or more grooves into which the socket structure is set; a second mounting feature for integrating a remote control device for wirelessly operating a camera with the hand-held device; an actuation control structured to actuate a capture button on the remote control device in response to being selected so that the camera captures one or more photographs or stops or starts capturing video and/or audio footage; and a mating post on the at least one camera component, the mating post comprising:
side slots along two opposing sides of the mating post, the side slots on the mating post fixable engaging with the inner locking portions of the retaining piece when the mating post is inserted into the socket structure at least in parallel to the axis of the socket structure and the at least one camera component is subsequently rotated from an insertion orientation to a locked orientation, andone or more guide pins that come into contact with the first mounting feature when the hand-held device and the at least one camera component are connected, the one or more guide pins slide within the one or more grooves as the at least one camera component is rotated from the insertion orientation to the locked orientation,wherein the one or more guide pins and the one or more grooves cooperating to restrain an angle of rotation of the at least one camera component relative to the hand-held device to a locking angle.