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Israeli Company Sues Apple Over Dual-Lens Cameras In iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8 Plus (macrumors.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the proprietary-technologies dept.

Corephotonics, an Israeli maker of dual-lens camera technologies for smartphones, has filed a lawsuit against Apple this week alleging that the iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 8 Plus infringe upon four of its patents. Mac Rumors reports: The patents, filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office between November 2013 and June 2016, relate to dual-lens camera technologies appropriate for smartphones, including optical zoom and a mini telephoto lens assembly: U.S. Patent No. 9,402,032; U.S. Patent No. 9,568,712; U.S. Patent No. 9,185,291; U.S. Patent No. 9,538,152. Corephotonics alleges that the two iPhone models copy its patented telephoto lens design, optical zoom method, and a method for intelligently fusing images from the wide-angle and telephoto lenses to improve image quality. iPhone X isn't listed as an infringing product, despite having a dual-lens camera, perhaps because the device launched just four days ago.

2 of 56 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Only 7 Comments? by Narcocide · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Nobody cares. Nobody smart is gonna buy any of these phones, and any of them forced to use one by their employer is just gonna tape over the lens anyway.

  2. Israeli Patents Should Be Banned by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    All Israeli patents should be made null and void until they stop their human rights abuses.