US Patent 7252265 - Flying cellphone
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This patent involves an invention which seems somewhat foolish at first glance but when you consider the number of increasing functions as well as size reduction of cellphones I guess it is to be expected. Basically a propulsion device is attached to a cell phone to create a hovering device capable of remote observation (via the cellphone's camera). Claim 1 reads:
1. An aircraft in combination with a cellular phone, the aircraft comprising: a body having at least four ring-shaped co-planar rotors; a plurality of motors, each motor operative to control a respective one of said rotors; and an electronic controller operative to control said plurality of motors, wherein, the aircraft is attachable to at least a portion of the cellular phone in a removable manner, and wherein the aircraft is smaller in size than the cellular phone, such that when the aircraft is attached to the cellular phone, the aircraft forms a removable wall portion of the cellular phone.
This patent involves an invention which seems somewhat foolish at first glance but when you consider the number of increasing functions as well as size reduction of cellphones I guess it is to be expected. Basically a propulsion device is attached to a cell phone to create a hovering device capable of remote observation (via the cellphone's camera). Claim 1 reads:
1. An aircraft in combination with a cellular phone, the aircraft comprising: a body having at least four ring-shaped co-planar rotors; a plurality of motors, each motor operative to control a respective one of said rotors; and an electronic controller operative to control said plurality of motors, wherein, the aircraft is attachable to at least a portion of the cellular phone in a removable manner, and wherein the aircraft is smaller in size than the cellular phone, such that when the aircraft is attached to the cellular phone, the aircraft forms a removable wall portion of the cellular phone.
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