Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Submersible electronic devices with imaging capabilities
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Application No.: US15717733Application Date: 2017-09-27
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Publication No.: US10785384B2Publication Date: 2020-09-22
- Inventor: Po-Chieh Hung , Prashanth S. Holenarsipur , Serhan O. Isikman
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Treyz Law Group, P.C.
- Agent G. Victor Treyz; David K. Cole
- Main IPC: H04N5/225
- IPC: H04N5/225 ; H04N1/60 ; H04N5/58 ; G03B17/08 ; H04N5/232 ; H04M1/18 ; H04N9/73 ; H04N9/04 ; H04M1/725

Abstract:
A submersible electronic device such as a waterproof cellular telephone may be provided with an image sensor. The image sensor may capture images of underwater objects. Control circuitry in the submersible electronic device may adjust image contrast and color balance based on information from sensors and other information. The electronic device may have an ambient light sensor. The ambient light sensor may be a color ambient light sensor and may be used in measuring ambient lighting conditions above water and underwater. A depth sensor may be used in measuring the depth of the image sensor and other components of the electronic device underwater. Information on the depth of the image sensor, information on the distance of an underwater object to the image sensor, and angular orientation information for the electronic device and image sensor may be used in color balancing an image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190098179A1 Submersible Electronic Devices With Imaging Capabilities Public/Granted day:2019-03-28
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