Apple continues to work on its new iPhone 13 , the phones that are undoubtedly the object of desire of many users for the second half of this 2021. Little by little we are getting to know new details about these phones, and even some that probably Let’s meet in future generations, like these that have to do with an original mode of photography.
360-degree photography is not something new, it has been many years since the Google camera and later others offered us modes with which we could take 360-degree photos , which allowed us to move in some places as if we were already there. Now we know of an Apple patent that suggests that the Cupertino firm could offer in future iPhones.
360-degree photography with multiple iPhones
As we say, 360-degree photography is nothing new, either with cameras of this type that appeared on the market in recent years or with specific photography modes, it was quite common to access this type of photography mode. But the patent that we now know of points to a new 360-degree photography system similar to that of the cameras that Google uses in recording images for Google Maps Street View, which is composed of several cameras arranged in the shape of a sphere to capture the image. environment.
In this case, it seems that the Apple patent seeks to use several iPhones at the same time to be able to gather the images taken by the periscope or main sensors to generate a single 360-degree image . In such a way that if we can access several of these phones at the same time we can capture these 360-degree photos or videos with the quality provided by the cameras of these phones. All the images obtained by the different iPhones would be joined on one of these devices to generate a continuous video with this perspective, or one of this format as well.
A new support to take these photos and videos
The patent also contemplates the existence of a physical support to be able to bring together all the iPhone or other devices involved in taking all these images. The idea is to place several iPhone arranged radially to be able to capture in detail all the necessary areas of the scene to capture it in 360 degrees. With the support, it is intended that each of the iPhones can cover at least an angle of 30 degrees .
Putting all iPhones together will create a sharp 360-degree image. Apple’s idea is that by covering such a narrow viewing angle, each iPhone can capture a specific area of the image without significant light changes . When images are combined for a 360-degree photo taken by the same iPhone, important differences can be observed in different areas of the image, since the exposure derived from light is not the same. Apple’s idea is to use all these iPhones so that the exposure of each portion of the photo is always the best.
Source> Gizchina
