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Google has filed a camera enhancing patent with the USPTO. The filing describes a device with multiple LED flashes that could work as one giant flash or separately, depending on the environment. Yeah, it’s still not a Xenon-based flash but should deliver the goods while making sure your battery doesn’t die out too quickly while the phone keeps its thinness.
The patent encompasses of a number of possible arrangements, including the “ring” position pictured above. Moreover, there are also other ideas like moveable flashes that can only be shown when you actually want to take a photo.
Google’s idea is to allow enable taking of shadow-free photos either by using multiple flashes or by using only the ones needed to make that possible by taking into account the ambient lighting.
In addition, HDR imaging is also included in the patent filing, allowing the camera phone to take multiple shots with different flashes turned on and then combine multiple images to create the perfect shot.
It all sounds kinda unreal at the moment and as I’m writing this, we’ve no idea when the first phone with multiple flashes will be unveiled. Hopefully that will happen sooner rather than later…
[Via: Unwired View]
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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
