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The patent application, which was published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last week, is for a portable computer that includes a camera in the housing that secures the lid to the base. The camera, which is integrated into the PC, includes an image sensor and a lens assembly, according to documents on the government agency's Web site.
The patent, which has not yet been granted, was filed by Apple in March 2004.
An Apple spokesperson declined to say whether the company is planning to include the feature in any forthcoming products, explaining that the company doesn't comment on "rumor and speculation."
An image of the proposed device is included on the front page of the patent application.
Other computer makers, including Sony, already sell laptops with a built-in Web cam. Apple, for its part, has not released a notebook or a desktop with an integrated camera, but does sell its iSight Web camera as an $149 add-on.
Ingrid Marson of ZDNet UK reported from London.
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about what part of the camera design is
patented. The building of a camera into the
display frame, even at the hinge, is itself not
new. A number of Japanese laptops and consumer
devices have cameras so situated...
Clearly, the patented bit is not the camera or
its placement but something else.
Wonder how different it will be from Sony's
www.appleinsider.com/image.php?i=patent-camlatch1&id=1273
to see a picture of the patent application
www.appleinsider.com/image.php?i=patent-camlatch1&id=1273
to see a picture of the patent application
Digital camera + video camera + iChatAV / AOL IM capability like
current iSight systems, but smaller & built into PowerBook.
THAT would be interesting...
Wait & see, but until Jobs says so, it's only pure speculation.
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(13 Comments)Digital camera + video camera + iChatAV / AOL IM capability like
current iSight systems, but smaller & built into PowerBook.
THAT would be interesting...
Wait & see, but until Jobs says so, it's only pure speculation.