Apple Patent Reveals Interesting Dual-Prism Periscope Camera for the Future

Apple has been known to launch products by taking their sweet time, instead of jumping ahead of the regular crowd. 5G iPhones were launched around a year later in contrast to Android smartphone makers, but, upon release, the devices were able to convey the importance of 5G in a much greater sense than flagships from Samsung, Huawei or Xiaomi.

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Optics have always been the company’s strong point, with videography being undefeated, owing to the great camera software that couples good sensors on the devices. Be it the iPhone 12 or the iPhone 12 Pro Max, the devices can take on and defeat almost all smartphones in terms of optics, with only Google taking the fight to Apple.

USTPO Listing Reveals Unique Periscope Camera Tech

The United States Patent and Trademark Office or USPTO recently published a patent that demonstrates the Cupertino giant’s research and development when it comes to a smartphone periscope camera. As per the publication, Apple had filed the patent in February of 2018, well before the Huawei P30 Pro did the same.

The description and added image show that the company’s periscope zoom camera makes use of two prisms, an infrared filter, four or five lenses as well as a camera sensor.

Whilst Huawei’s periscope cameras have a similar set-up to the one described above, the difference is in the use of two prisms. The goal behind choosing this is to allow Apple to install the camera sensor in a parallel manner to a smartphone’s back panel, rather than at right angles.