Saturday, February 16, 2013

Say Cheese! Apple patent application lets the camera select the best shot

1. wendygarett posted on 1 hour ago 2 5

Nice but... Why must patent? :(

13. Nathan_ingx posted on 40 min ago 2 0

First of all, i no longer like iPhone so Alan, the answer to your question is "no, i would not like it"
Second, i won't trust a device to pick the best photo out of the lot, although the algorithm may read right, it's not all that. I see it when the photo is good.
Thirdly, (let's come back to your topic Wendy) the game Apple is playing with patents is not the way technology should work.
Apple patents everything they think is original. Sadly, the word "original" is no longer how Apple works. It's the green paper they want to squeeze out of every point they can make.

2. rusticguy posted on 1 hour ago 4 0

Isn't this already there on some phone ... asking because i just can't imagine Apple spending money on R&D (read Patent) on something that has not been done by someone else already :)

7. joseph98 posted on 55 min ago 3 0

Yes in galaxy note II, we have a feature called best photos where the phone will take a burst 8 images then the phone will suggest the best picture out of the 8 so you can either go with phone suggestions or pick the one you like the most to be saved while the other 7 pictures will be automatically deleted from your phone. OK I can see samsung removing this feature once apple is granted the patent and then sue samsung in the near future.

15. Droid_X_Doug posted on 20 min ago 2 0

Yes, it is available in numerous other applications. joseph gives an example. Dedicated cameras have similar 'best-photo' pre-programmed scene modes that function almost exactly as described in the iApplication.

Hopefully, the USPTO rejects the iApplication as invalid on prior art grounds.

17. Droid_X_Doug posted on 1 min ago 0 0

It appears that the 2009 application hasn't issued, so USPTO may be having heartburn with Apple. Sometimes, you get an examiner who has an interest (photography) in the subject matter. That would seem to be an iNightmare scenario for Apple - an examiner with good technical subject matter expertise.

3. nlbates66 posted on 1 hour ago 4 0

aren't various phones already out with an equivalent feature?

Galaxy S III certainly has various implementations of it.

5. tech2 posted on 57 min ago 1 0

true. Many phones already have this feature. Their theory behind selecting the best image maybe different than that of Apple's but the idea of selecting the best picture is already present amongst several phones.

How on earth they get patent everytime they file for one ? when there is similar technology which is already implemented, whereas they haven't even introduced or implemented the technology !

4. amozhi posted on 1 hour ago 3 0

Pathetic...Samsung Galaxy S3 already has this feature implemented.

12. RaKithAPeiRiZ posted on 41 min ago 2 0

actually

?_?) the HTC ONE X
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(??_?) had this feature first

6. tiara6918 posted on 55 min ago 2 0

Why does apple still need to patent this? Other manufacturers already have this feature

8. nikenturd posted on 53 min ago 4 0

There you go, another stupid patent .... imagine if they came up with the 'burst shot' patent....wow ....Apple is trolling like crazy these days

9. darkkjedii posted on 51 min ago 0 5

Apple isn't patenting the feature, but the particular way it's done on iOS. Re read the articl people

16. Droid_X_Doug posted on 11 min ago 2 0

Just because a feature is implemented in a different way in iOS does not make it patentable. My Canon PowerShot G9 (circa 2005?) does burst mode where multiple pics are taken with aperture and shutter speed selected by the camera. Adding dynamic range into the mix is not in-and-of-itself unique and innovative.

There is too much prior art around that can invalidate any patent that iApple might be able to game out of the USPTO.

10. Angkor posted on 49 min ago 3 0

Samsung Galaxy S3 has a software and programmed to select the best picture but Apple is a camera that select the best picture is very crazy ideas. I hope USPO will not award Apple for crazy ideas.

11. nikenturd posted on 48 min ago 4 0

My antiquated Nikon Coolpix point and shoot already has this feature...WOW....i am amazed

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