Apple has filed for a patent for “User Interface Camera Effects.”
About the patent filing
In the patent filing Apple notes that use of electronic devices for recording videos and taking pictures has increased significantly in recent years. Electronic devices for recording videos and takin pictures include smart phones and hand-held cameras. Such devices frequently include a viewfinder, which the user can use for previewing before taking a picture or recording a video.
However, Apple says that some techniques for managing camera effects using electronic devices “are generally cumbersome and inefficient.” For example, modifying the visual effects in viewfinders such that captured images and recorded videos exhibit the visual effects often requires extensive user input and is imprecise.
Apple says existing techniques require more time than necessary, wasting user time and device energy. The company’s patent involves techniques that provide electronic devices with faster, more efficient methods and interfaces for managing camera effects
Summary of the patent filing
Here’s Apple’s abstract of the patent filing: “The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces. In some examples, the electronic device provides for transitioning between simulated lighting effects. In some examples, the electronic device applies a simulated lighting effect to an image. In some examples, the electronic device provides user interfaces for applying a filter to an image. In some examples, the electronic device provides for a reduced filter interface. In some examples, the electronic device provides a visual aid displayed in a viewfinder.”
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