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Apple granted patent for one-shot panoramic photo feature, using optical image stabilization

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<p>Update: Some are suggesting that the patent could simply be for tiny shifts that would allow the iPhone camera to fill in missing detail that falls between pixels, though it’s unclear how this would differ from a technique <a href="http://www.dpreview.com/articles/4410648565/hasselblad-unveils-pixel-shifting-200mp-h5d-200c-ms" target="_blank">already in use[/url] by Hasselblad. Thanks to James for the Hasselblad link.</p>
<p>iPhones have long allowed you to create panoramic images by taking multiple photos which the camera stitches together. But an Apple <a href="http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&amp;Sect2=HITOFF&amp;p=1&amp;u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&amp;r=1&amp;f=G&amp;l=50&amp;co1=AND&amp;d=PTXT&amp;s1=9288395&amp;OS=9288395&amp;RS=9288395" target="_blank">patent[/url] granted today could allow future iPhones to take panoramic photos effectively with a single shot. Apple describes this as ‘super resolution mode.’</p>
<p>The reality would be that the iPhone would still take multiple photos to switch together, but the process would be automated so the user experience would be taking just one shot …</p>
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