Apple Patent Allows Camera to Select Best Shot
Technology would ontinuously captures and stores images in a buffer.

Apple has filed an application for a patent that would see the iPhone's camera capturing a series of images of the same shot and then automatically selecting the best one.
Published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the patent is titled, "Image Capturing Device Having Continuous Image Capture." It would allow a smartphone camera to capture and process a batch of quick images of the same shot.
Such technology has arrived in recent years, and Apple plans to have the camera automatically picking the best shot out of the batch, which will be based on exposure times and other predetermined variables.
Shutter lag is one of the flaws found in the majority of smartphone cameras. It causes a delay between the time a user presses the button to capture the photo and the time the photo is taken. Consequently, it leads to blurry photos, accompanied by human errors such as not holding the camera steady.
Apple's patent would allow iPhone owners to keep their finger on the camera button in order to take a series of consecutive shots until the finger is released. These images would then be stored in a buffer, with the technology reviewing the buffered images and choosing the best one via several factors.
"The method can automatically select one of the buffered images based on one or more parameters. For example, the selection may be based on an exposure time of one of the buffered images and optionally an image quality parameter (e.g., image contrast)," the patent application reads. "Alternatively, the selection may be based only on the image quality parameter. The sequence of images can be captured just prior to or concurrently with receiving the user request. The method can include automatically displaying the selected image on the display of the image capturing device."
Apple recently applied for an image-based authentication patent, while Google is also working on similar technology in terms of a multi-flash camera, which sees a series of shots merging together in order to create the best possible image.
Three errors in not just one sentence, but in the bold sentence? Come on.
Technology would continuously capture and store images in a buffer.
More on topic: This is by far not the most unreasonable thing to patent that Apple has tried to patent IMO, but I still don't think that it's something that should be patented. The method that Apple uses for it may be patent-worthy if not the same as is used by anyone else with similar functionality.
Three errors in not just one sentence, but in the bold sentence? Come on.
Technology would continuously capture and store images in a buffer.
More on topic: This is by far not the most unreasonable thing to patent that Apple has tried to patent IMO, but I still don't think that it's something that should be patented. The method that Apple uses for it may be patent-worthy if not the same as is used by anyone else with similar functionality.
Goddammit! Not even single breath without Apple!
I don't know, but i feel they rip off someones idea.....
The Best Shot Selector is a special feature on this camera. With BSS on, you can hold down the shutter button, and the camera will take ten pictures. Then, the camera will decide which one is the clearest and will save that one only.
Or you could just write it
"Technology would ontinuously captures and stores images in a buffer.
Technology which continuously captures and stores images in a buffer.
That is technically only two errors my friend.
No, the method I can't say is the same. But apple would not care about the method when applying lawsuits.
Method to make corners rounded? Method to slide to unlock? What's next?
I have not read any of these patents myself, but if this technology already exists and is implemented, it's true, they could be using an entirely different process to select the "best" picture--this will be for the PTO to decide when actually evaluating this patent.
I actually think that this is a defensive move to protect their copying. I doubt that this will be used in the war against Android......
Or
Zak Articles + Fandroids = ultimate trolls...
About the ONLY thing that should be able to be done with this is for iCrapple to COPYRIGHT the actual programming code that does this. And ONLY in whatever programming language it's written in.
More of iCrapple trying to patent the RESULTS of something.
Lol bad gramma