ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,820, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to GoPro Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).
"Modular image capture systems" was invented by Sean Flanigan (San Mateo, Calif.), Joseph A. Enke (Campbell, Calif.), Pablo Lema (Burlingame, Calif.), Nicholas D. Woodman (Big Sky, Mont.) and Michael Paterson (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system including an image capture module and a handheld module. The image capture module includes a body; an image sensor; and a mechanical stabilization system comprising a first gimbal, a second gimbal, and a third gimbal connected to the body and configured to control an orientation of the image sensor of th...