US 12,445,706 B2
Handheld electronic device with rear-facing flash
Matthew D. Hill, Mountain View, CA (US); Michael W. Firka, Santa Clara, CA (US); Nicholas D. Rath, Cupertino, CA (US); Douglas G. Fournier, San Jose, CA (US); Matthew P. Rao, Massapequa Park, NY (US); Benjamin J. Pope, Woodside, CA (US); James A. Bertin, Saratoga, CA (US); David A. Hurrell, San Mateo, CA (US); Jonathan Gomez Garcia, Cupertino, CA (US); Blake M. Coughenour, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Angelo M. Alaimo, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Jeremy D. Bataillou, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/903,926.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/298,182, filed on Jan. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0239558 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/56 (2023.01) [H04M 1/0264 (2013.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); H04M 2201/38 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable electronic device comprising:
an enclosure comprising:
a front cover defining a front exterior surface of the portable electronic device; and
a rear cover defining a rear exterior surface of the portable electronic device;
a first rear-facing camera having a first field of view;
a second rear-facing camera having a second field of view different from the first field of view; and
a rear-facing flash comprising a light emitting component defining a plurality of illuminable regions, the light emitting component configured to:
illuminate a first subset of the plurality of illuminable regions to illuminate the first field of view while capturing a first image with the first rear-facing camera; and
illuminate a second subset of the plurality of illuminable regions to illuminate the second field of view while capturing a second image with the second rear-facing camera, the second subset different from the first subset.