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macrumors.com - 4/16/2009

Apple Researching Movement-Aware Interfaces for iPhones, Depicts Front-Facing Video Camera

— macrumors.com — Apple has been conducting ongoing research into how to further improve their mobile device interfaces as evidenced... by a couple of patent applications published over the past couple of weeks. Two different patent applications reveal a couple of diffe... (more) Apple Researching Movement-Aware Interfaces for iPhones, ...

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Apple Researching Movement-Aware Interfaces for iPhones, Depicts Front-Facing Video Camera
MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors — ... that you are in motion (such as running, jogging). [image] In this example, they enlarge the size of each contact in response to the detection of motion. Similar user interface adjustments to the iPhone's home screen could be made as well to improve accuracy during activity. Apple's patent applications generally reveal a very wide-range of possibilities and don't necessarily result in shipping products, but does show the direction of Apple's recent research. Update : As one reader points out , the patent diagram also depicts a front-facing video camera on the front side of ...

Front-facing video camera spotted in Apple patent application
The Apple Core — April 16th, 2009 Front-facing video camera spotted in Apple patent application Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 7:51 am Categories: Patent , Video , iChat , iPhone Tags: Apple iPhone , Patent Application , Video Camera , Apple Inc. , Video , Camera , Corporate Communications , Marketing , Jason D. O'Grady MacRumors unearthed two patent applications filed by Apple in the past couple of weeks that indicate the company is researching motion-aware interfaces for the iPhone. It works like this, the iPhone would be able to detect when you’re ...