ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,255, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Synchronization of image capture and visual light transmission" was invented by Robert Molholm (Scotts Valley, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that control a visual light transmission property of a viewing portion (e.g., glass) of a first device during an image capture event in which an image of the first device is captured by a second device. In one implementation, the portion of the first device is quickly transitioned from a first state to a second state (e.g., being made light...