While areas such as “storage” or “ USB ” are developing slowly, the camera quality of smartphones increases with each generation. However, real leaps in innovation are also in short supply here. Now a new Vivo patent shows what innovation really means.
Innovative cell phones became a rarity after the appearance of smartphones. Manufacturers have only rediscovered their creative streak in recent years . Foldable cell phones , smartphones with mechanical fans , gaming cell phones with shoulder buttons – numerous “special” devices have recently come onto the market. And the next big hit could come from Vivo .
SMARTPHONE WITH AN INTEGRATED DRONE?
Recently published a Vivo patent, which was filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in December 2020. It describes a smartphone that has an integrated, flying camera. If necessary, this can be pulled out of the housing and used as a commercially available drone.
The flying camera module from the Vivo patent has four propellers, two cameras and three infrared sensors. Meanwhile, one of the cameras is on the side, while another lens is pointed upwards. The infrared proximity sensors should meanwhile be used for distance measurement and prevent collisions during flight. However, due to the small size of the drone, a collision should have comparatively few consequences anyway. On the other hand, the low mass is likely to cause wind turbulence. How users should control the flying camera is not known. However, control via the smartphone is obvious. According to information from the LetsGoDigital portal , even gesture control would be possible.
A render video by designer Sarang Sheth reveals what the concept could look like in practice:
VIVO DOESN’T GIVE UP
Vivo filed a similar patent around a year ago . At that time, the front camera module should not only be removable, but also removable. It could then be used as an external camera. However, a corresponding product has not yet come onto the market, as is so often the case with patents.
The current documentation is therefore all the more promising because it proves that Vivo has not discarded the idea of a removable module. There only seem to be unanswered questions regarding implementation. In the current year, however, these are unlikely to be answered.
