If you ’ve ever been on the exercise set of a professional photography shoot , you ’ll notice the lensman does n’t just swear on a single camera - mounted heartbeat . or else , they use a series of strategically positioned flashes , all tethered together so they function as one , to precisely control where and how much light is hit the subject . And that approach is very similar toa letters patent Apple originally register back in 2011that could dramatically improve your iPhone ’s photography prowess .
But instead of wirelessly connecting the phone to a series of dedicated external flashes , the patent actually sees the iPhone plug in and controlling the flashes on other nearby iPhones . So not only would it increase the amount of light useable to an iPhone photographer depending on how many other headphone are around , but it could also let them get more creative with their shots .
A method for capturing an image with an picture seizure gimmick , such as a television camera or mobile electronic gadget . The method let in initiating a passkey - slave relationship between the image capture gimmick and at least one secondary equipment . Once the headmaster - slave kinship is initiated , remotely spark one of an at least one unclouded reservoir of the at least one lower-ranking equipment .
The patent goes one step further key out peter that automatically canvas the lighting in a sample shot , and then pick off the chroma or timing of the flashes on the other iPhones to improve the photograph . It even suggest a method acting of passing along instruction to masses hold the other iPhones as to where they should move or endure to improve the overall lighting .
Of naturally , the patent does n’t of necessity mean we ’ll be seeing this engineering science let in on the next iPhone — or any iPhones down the argument for that matter . As with most patent it ’s most likely a move by Apple to control another technology or feature — whether they destine to go through it themselves one twenty-four hour period , or go to court when another company try on to . [ US Patent & Trademark OfficeviaAppleInsider ]
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