CAMERA RELATED METHODS AND APPARATUS

摘要

Handled camera related methods and apparatus are described. Intuitive zoom control and/or focus control based on camera acceleration and/or motion are described. Also described are handheld camera holder device methods and apparatus. The camera holder can be held in a hand and used to automatically stabilize a camera, e.g., a camera designed to be held in one hand. The stabilization is provided by gyroscopes alone or in combination with closed loop camera orientation control which can use information from one or more sensors included in the camera. The camera holder is designed so that, at least for some but not necessarily all cameras which may be placed in the camera holder, controllable axis of rotation intersect with the center of mass of the camera when the camera is present the holder thereby requiring little power to control and/or maintain camera orientation.