ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,001, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Rotation-controlled non-linear timelapse videos" was invented by Christophe Seyve (Saratoga, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, methods, and non-transitory program storage devices are disclosed herein to perform intelligent determinations of non-linear (i.e., dynamic) image recording rates for the production of improved timelapse videos. The techniques described herein may be especially applicable to timelapse videos captured over long durations of time and/or with varying amounts of device motion/scene detail change over the course of the captured v...