{
  "patent_number": "US 12739511",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "Managing Multiple Phone Cameras in One Viewfinder",
  "original_title": "Digital viewfinder user interface for multiple cameras",
  "summary": "This patent describes a system for electronic devices with multiple cameras, allowing users to smoothly zoom across different lenses or view multiple camera feeds simultaneously within a digital viewfinder.",
  "what_it_does": "This patent describes how an electronic device with multiple cameras, each potentially having different properties like focal lengths, can manage its user interface. When a single digital viewfinder is shown, the system allows zooming over a range that combines the zoom capabilities of all cameras. The zoom setting determines which camera provides the live view and which one captures the photo or video. The interface also supports showing content from different cameras at the same time. If two digital viewfinders are displayed, a user can zoom, freeze, or pan one viewfinder independently of the other. The device can also save a combined image or video using input from both viewfinders and their corresponding cameras.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover devices that only have a single camera and therefore cannot switch between multiple lenses.",
    "Does not cover user interfaces that simply switch between different camera apps or modes without providing a continuous zoom across lenses.",
    "Does not cover systems where multiple camera feeds are displayed but cannot be independently controlled for zooming, freezing, or panning.",
    "Does not cover traditional optical viewfinders found on some cameras, as it specifically refers to a 'digital viewfinder user interface'.",
    "Does not cover a system where the zoom setting does not automatically determine which camera is active for preview and capture."
  ],
  "filed": "2024-11-15",
  "granted": "2026-09-15",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": null,
  "holder_url": null,
  "inventors": [],
  "times_cited": 0,
  "tags": [
    "consumer_electronics",
    "software",
    "telecommunications"
  ],
  "abstract": "An electronic device has multiple cameras and displays a digital viewfinder user interface for previewing visual information provided by the cameras. The multiple cameras may have different properties such as focal lengths. When a single digital viewfinder is provided, the user interface allows zooming over a zoom range that includes the respective zoom ranges of both cameras. The zoom setting to determine which camera provides visual information to the viewfinder and which camera is used to capture visual information. The user interface also allows the simultaneous display of content provided by different cameras at the same time. When two digital viewfinders are provided, the user interface allows zooming, freezing, and panning of one digital viewfinder independently of the other. The device allows storing of a composite images and/or videos using both digital viewfinders and corresponding cameras.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12739511/digital-viewfinder-user-interface-for-multiple-cameras",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12739511/digital-viewfinder-user-interface-for-multiple-cameras/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12739511",
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