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Stephen Chan April 26th, 2006 03:32 PM

DOF problem solved
 
Well, not really, but maybe soon :)


Apple's all-seeing screen
We could soon see a new kind of display screen from computer maker Apple – one that simultaneously takes pictures while showing images.

The clever idea is to insert thousands of microscopic image sensors in-between the liquid crystal display cells in the screen. Each sensor captures its own small image, but software stitches these together to create a single, larger picture.

A large LCD screen filled with image sensors would be ideal for videoconferencing, Apple suggests, as participants would always appear to look straight into the "camera". The technique could also add a camera function to a cellphone or PDA without wasting space, and light from the screen should help illuminate a subject.

The more sensors there are, the wider and clearer the image. Sketches accompanying the company's patent show as many sensors as liquid crystal cells in a screen. If some of the sensors have different focal lengths, switching between them would make the screen behave like a zoom lens.

http://www.newscientist.com/article....ine-news_rss20

Bill Porter April 26th, 2006 03:42 PM

The paranoids are going to go crazy (pardon the pun) over this one.

Rob Lohman April 26th, 2006 03:45 PM

That sounds great! Thanks for posting that.

Jim Lafferty April 26th, 2006 11:53 PM

I'm sure it's going to be cheap, too.

David MD Smith April 27th, 2006 05:38 AM

Some claims might be further off than suggested!

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18324662.100.html


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