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1 July 2016Patents

Apple granted patent that can disable smartphone cameras

Apple has been granted a patent for technology that could disable the functionality of smartphone cameras at events including concerts.

The way that the technology would work would be by projecting coded infrared signal in places where video recording is prohibited.

The smartphone would detect the signal and the video and camera function would be shut down.

Apple applied for the patent, US number 44068566, at the US Patent and Trademark Office in 2009. It was approved on Tuesday, June 28.

Alternatively, the patent also suggests on-screen information could be provided instead of disabling the camera or video function.

This function could be used in a museum where details of an object on display could be displayed on the phone.

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