1b - Cover - A snapshot of Apple's latest iPhone related camera Patents - dec 2010
The iPhone's updated 5 megapixel camera includes a feature called High Dynamic Range or HDR. According to Apple, the iPhone's HDR feature when activated, takes a series of three photos, each with different exposure levels. The iPhone then layers the shots together to create a single sharp photo. In a patent application published earlier this week, we find Apple working on a similar type of feature, except this time around, it's about how the iPhone's camera will deal with blurry photo shots. Other patents disclosed in our report today cover how the iPhone deals with vignetting effects and how it uses a "skin-tone-mask" to avoid over exposed photos. In total, there were ten camera related patents published this week alone which marks the importance that Apple is placing on cameras within the context of the greater iOS device revolution.
Correcting Blurry Photo Shots
In respect to cameras, it was a busy week for Apple. In total, they racked up a whopping ten patent filings related to still photography and video coding. In our main report, we cover Apple's patent that is out to diminish blurry photo shots.
The limitations of Embedded Cameras
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