A patent recently that was recently unearthed purports to show a high-end drone camera that Olympus has been working on. PetaPixel has obtained the full patent application, which describes a camera system that would feature a high-end zoom lens and high-performance sensor.
The patent has been making the rounds ever since it was published by […]. petapixel.com
Pop-up front cameras are an established design to avoid large bezels, 'punch holes' or notches on smartphone fronts. If Xiaomi's latest patent filing is anything to go by the concept could soon be taken to another level, though. dpreview.com »
2020-01-15 19:50
Canon News has uncovered a patent showing a mirrorless camera with an LCD display that nearly covers the entire rear of the camera. This patent Read more... canonrumors.com »
2020-01-09 15:58
A new patent belonging to Chinese company Xiaomi has surfaced revealing a new camera design that includes a pop-up selfie camera and a rear square zoom lens. The patent was first spotted by Dutch website Let's Go Digital, which notes that the patent was recently registered by the Hague International Design System. dpreview.com »
2019-11-07 22:23
Canon News has discovered an interesting patent that identifies external accessory based cooling for a 1 series camera body. While this camera shown in the Read more... canonrumors.com »
2019-11-01 16:26
Canon News has uncovered a patent that discusses cooling modular cinema cameras. As we’ve previously reported, we expect a lot more modular Cinema EOS cameras Read more... canonrumors.com »
2019-10-03 16:26
An RF mount cinema camera of some kind is likely an inevitable evolution in Canon’s ecosystem when such a camera will appear is unknown at Read more... canonrumors.com »
2019-09-20 14:04
The item labeled ‘10’ in the figure is described in the patent application's text as an LCD screen, showing this patent is specifically made with a mirrorless camera in mind. Item number 15 is a light-splitter that will redirect the image of the camera operator's eye to a dedicated lens and CCD sensor, which is detailed in the next illustration. dpreview.com »
2019-08-08 18:56
Wireless charging has become a standard in flagship smartphones, but like so many other technologies, the camera world seems a bit behind. Canon seems interested in changing that though if a recent patent application is any indication. dpreview.com »
2019-08-06 16:33
Canon continues further development of its miniature lenses for what appears to be smartphone applications. This is a patent (USPTO) for the Canon 100-400mm camera/lens Read more... canonrumors.com »
2019-07-06 14:47
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has published an Apple patent detailing a method for adding a camera to future Apple Watch models. Rather than packing the camera module into the smartwatch body like some competing models, Apple’s design embeds the camera into an adjustable strap over the wrist band. dpreview.com »
2019-06-26 22:09
One of the worst-kept secrets (I guess it’s not a secret anymore) is that Canon will be bringing IBIS to the EOS R system, we’re Read more... canonrumors.com »
2019-06-06 19:46
Dutch website Let's Go Digital has uncovered a Samsung patent that details a wraparound mobile phone display. Unlike the company's folding phone, this recently approved patent shows a flexible display that wraps from the front of the phone up over the top and down partially across the back. dpreview.com »
2019-04-29 22:25
With a total of five, LG's current flagship smartphone V40 ThinQ already offers more camera modules than most of its competitors. However, it appears the current dual and triple-camera setups are only the beginning of a multi-camera arms race in the mobile industry. dpreview.com »
2018-11-26 17:17
Well I just found a brand newly published Sony patent describing a foldable drone camera. And it’s quite innovative as you will see: The image below shows you the Drone folded: You then detach the cover part which is actually a full touchscreen remote device! The touchscreen device is used to fly the drone: And […] The post This patent shows the first images of the new Sony Drone camera! appeared first on sonyalpharumors. sonyalpharumors.com »
2018-10-30 17:44
LetsGoDigital has found a Canon patent application with the USPTO for a 360-degree camera, the patent was published on October 4, 2018 The device has Read more... canonrumors.com »
2018-10-11 15:52
One of our readers (Thanks!) spotted a brand new Zeiss patent published in July. The patent descirbes a 35mm f/2. 0 high quality lens: To provide a compact camera lens having a maximum imaging quality of a camera having a full frame sensor. sonyalpharumors.com »
2018-08-26 20:36
We reported a while back that Canon was working on a new style of ILC camera, and the XC line seemed like an obvious place to look at first. Now we have a patent that shows an ILC XC style camera. It looks like the patent is about a lens converter, but I don’t speak Read more... canonrumors.com »
2018-07-25 16:57
AI-powered everything seems to be the hot stuff that gets anything tech-related going these days, especially photography. We've come to an age where an AI can tell you if your photos will make you Insta-famous or colorize your old black and white photos. thephoblographer.com »
2018-06-28 10:00
This has certainly been a very busy week for interesting patents. Canon News found another interesting one, it looks to be a development of an OVF/EVF viewfinder for a Cinema EOS camera. From Canon News: The mirror is cut out around the sensor, and an EVF is used to “fill in the hole” where the actual Read more... canonrumors.com »
2018-04-06 16:32
A Canon patent from October, 2017 resurfaced on the Canon rumor mill today, and it describes something pretty innovative from the Japanese camera giant. The patent shows a lens adapter—ostensibly designed for a mirrorless camera—that features a built-in variable-voltage ND filter. dpreview.com »
2018-01-27 00:17
$(document). ready(function() { SampleGalleryV2({"containerId":"embeddedSampleGallery_9641184357","galleryId":"9641184357","isEmbeddedWidget":true,"standalone":false,"selectedImageIndex":0,"startInCommentsView":false,"isMobile":false}) }); A newly published Canon Japan patent might reveal the future of Canon DSLR LCD screens. dpreview.com »
2017-10-20 17:18
Nikon's never-released DL18-50. Did Nikon abandon this series of 1-inch sensor compacts in order to focus on creating a full-frame mirrorless camera? A new Nikon lens patent is causing quite a stir in the photo world today, but it's not because of the lens itself. dpreview.com »
2017-07-21 17:16
A newly granted Apple patent details a new type of camera system that aims to produce higher-quality selfies. The patent, first filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office in 2015, describes using a wider field-of-view with the iPhone's front-facing camera when taking selfies in landscape mode. dpreview.com »
2017-07-19 17:04
Last week, camera company Red unveiled its own upcoming Android smartphone: the VR/AR/3D/'4D'-capable Hydrogen One. But while the company did reveal some details about the model—such as the fact that it will be sold unlocked and that it is modular—a bunch of questions remain unanswered. dpreview.com »
2017-07-11 18:18
Google was recently granted a patent it filed in 2013 that details a hat with a built-in camera system able to pair with a mobile device for the purpose of ‘interactive sessions. ’ While a baseball cap in particular seems like a somewhat odd choice for a wearable, the system itself sounds fairly straight-forward as a portable studio of sorts for live broadcasting video and snapping photos. dpreview.com »
2017-03-02 22:24
Focus stacking on smartphone cameras is not an entirely new thing. It was used on some Nokia Lumia phones, including the Lumia 1520 in 2014, to create a shallow depth-of-field effect and allow for refocusing an image after capture, similar to what the Lytro light field cameras can do. dpreview.com »
2017-02-13 23:08
Canon patents a mount replacement camera system, which is likely related to the soon-to-be-released Cinema EOS C700 and an already available service for the Cinema EOS C300 Mark II. I’m not sure if there’s any reason for this on a DSLR. canonrumors.com »
2016-11-14 17:34
The thermal hurdles engineers must overcome become even more significant as cameras get increasingly more robust video recording features. A new Canon camera patent hopes to overcome these concerns through a relatively compact active cooling system to keep internal recording media cool. [Read More]
According to a new report, Apple is considering putting infrared cameras into future models of its popular AirPods wireless earbuds. [Read More]
Thanks to improvements in sensor design, iPhone and Android smartphones are gaining traction with enthusiast and professional creators. However, one area that has lagged behind developments in imaging sensors is image stabilization.
This patent application (Japan 2023-125903) has a lot of esoteric fast zoom lenses in some very nontraditional focal lengths. Many of the embodiments are missing the image height, however since we also have the half angle of view, we can work backward to verify if these lenses are meant for full frame or for APS-C.
Canon has filed a patent in Japan that shows what appears to be a compact built-in teleconverter that relies upon external controls and internal actuators to provide photographers with quick access to various focal lengths. [Read More]
In this Japan Patent Application, JP 2023-118490, Canon is investigating creating smaller built in teleconverters for use in lenses that we would normally not expect to see a teleconverter installed in.
It's been a few years since we first started reporting on the possibility of an affordable “box” style cinema camera from Canon. For a while we were running with the name Canon Cinema EOS C50.