US Patent Issued on March 18 for "Techniques for capturing video in landscape mode by a handheld device" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,159, issued on March 18.

"Techniques for capturing video in landscape mode by a handheld device" was invented by Donald Siu (Santa Ana, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Video or image capture device and method of operation of the capture device are described. One example method includes determining, for a video capture by a capture device, a capture orientation mode setting of the capture device, capturing a video using one of a first camera or a second camera based on the capture orientation mode and a current orientation of the capture device, wherein the video is in the capture orientation mode, and storing, after capturing,...