We are talking about a patent that Apple recently registered and which describes a system that would block the possibility of recording pictures and videos. Apple could implement in future iPhone terminals a system that will block the possibility of taking pictures and video clips if the terminal detects a certain signal. Apple is testing an infrared system that blocks the terminal's camera under certain conditions. Practically, when our terminal will block the functions of the camera when it is directed to a special device that transmits an infrared signal. Our terminal should receive a certain type of signal from a special device otherwise the function will not be blocked at all.
On one side, the new system would go a long way in assisting the music and movie industries by automatically disabling camera functions when trying to photograph or film a movie or concert. On the other hand, the new system could turn your iOS device into a kind of automated tour guide for museums or cityscapes as well as eventually being an auto retail clerk providing customers with price, availability and product information. The technology behind Apple's patent application holds a lot of potential.
The signal sent to the device contains a command to block the camera function and it is assumed that Apple could use this system to prevent the illegal recording of movies from cinemas or concerts. Of course, no one knows exactly what it could be used for, and those from Pattelly apple I say that Apple could launch a tourist system based on this infrared sensor that would be implemented in the iPhone. Whatever the situation, I don't think that Apple will implement infrared sensors in its terminals because the respective technology has long been dead on smartphones.
