3G iPhone US Patent Images - Video Camera, TV In/Out

By Aaron Besson at 3 June, 2008, 2:43 pm

Again I am here looking closer at the new Apple Patent Application Images and I am finding allot of cool stuff.

Here we see more Camera Application Controls, and shown are new features Record and Timer

“[0329]FIG. 10 illustrates an exemplary user interface for a camera in accordance with some embodiments. In some embodiments, user interface 1000 includes the following elements, or a subset or superset thereof: [0330]Viewfinder 1002; [0331]Camera roll 1004 that manages images and/or videos taken with the camera; [0332]Shutter 1006 for taking still images; [0333]Record button 1008 for starting and stopping video recording; [0334]Timer 1010 for taking an image after a predefined time delay; and [0335]Image 1012 that appears (e.g., via the animation illustrated schematically in FIG. 10) to be added to camera roll 1004 when it is obtained.

[0336]In some embodiments, the orientation of the camera in the shutter icon 1006 rotates as the device 100 is rotated between portrait and landscape orientations”

Next I found some interesting clues as to if the 3G iPhone will support TV In and Out and it seems like Appls is planning for this to be a feature that is added/coming soon.

“[0381]FIG. 14 illustrates an exemplary user interface for setting user preferences in accordance with some embodiments. In some embodiments, user interface 1400 includes the following elements, or a subset or superset thereof: [0382]402, 404, and 406, as described above; [0383]Music setting 1402 for selecting the music during a slide show (e.g., Now Playing, 90s Music, Recently Added, or Off); [0384]Repeat setting 1404 for selecting whether the slide show repeats (e.g., On or Off); [0385]Shuffle setting 1406 for selecting whether the images in the slide show are put in a random order (e.g., On or Off); [0386]Time per slide setting 1408 (e.g., 2, 3, 5, 10, 20 seconds or manual); [0387]Transition setting 1410 (e.g., random, wipe across, wipe down, or off); [0388]TV out setting 1412 for external display (e.g., on, off, or ask); [0389]TV signal setting 1414 (e.g., NTSC or PAL); [0390]Auto Rotate setting 1416 (e.g. on or off); [0391]Done icon 1418 that when activated (e.g., by a finger tap on the icon) returns the device to the previous UI (e.g., UI 1300); and [0392]Selection icons 1420 that when activated (e.g., by a finger tap on the icon) show choices for the corresponding settings. “

Here we can see what looks like the the complete list of Applications and Widgets

[0092]The device supports a variety of applications, such as one or more of the following: a telephone application, a video conferencing application, an e-mail application, an instant messaging application, a blogging application, a photo management application, a digital camera application, a digital video camera application, a web browsing application, a digital music player application, and/or a digital video player application.