MOUNT THAT FACILITATES POSITIONING AND ORIENTING A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE

摘要

Described herein are various technologies pertaining to positioning and/or orienting a mobile computing device through utilization of a mount. The mobile computing device uses internal sensors to generate control signals, wherein a control signal indicates a direction of movement of the mobile computing device and a velocity of the movement. The control signals are transmitted to the mount, which positions and/or orients the mobile computing device according to the direction of the movement and the velocity of the movement indicated in the control signal.

主权项

1. A mount that is configured to receive a mobile computing device that comprises a camera, the mount comprising:
a pan motor; a pan linkage driven by the pan motor, the pan linkage, when driven by the pan motor, causes the mobile computing device to pan; a mount communications interface that receives a control signal from the mobile computing device, the control signal indicating a direction of pan of the mobile computing device and a velocity of the pan; and a microcontroller that is electrically coupled to the mount communications interface and the pan motor, the microcontroller receives the control signal from the mount communications interface and generates a drive signal based upon the control signal, the drive signal drives the pan motor such that the pan linkage pans the mobile computing device in the direction indicated by the control signal and at the velocity indicated by the control signal.