Last week the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Google that reveals they're work on a new and easier method for users of Google Glass to take photos and/or videos with that's as natural as could be.
According to one of Google's latest Google Glass related patent filings, the company is considering adding a simple camera actuator or push button that would transparently sit on the frame of the binocular styled Google Glass as noted in their patent FIG. 2 below.
The built-in camera would be set centered on the frame. The patent figure shows you the area to make it clear it's a camera. Though technically, the camera could very well be hidden in the noses bridge area – just beneath where it's shown in the graphic.
The Camera's button is also amplified in Google's patent figure, but it too could easily blend into the frame with no one being able to easily view it. The graphic above is Google's general patent figure and not a design patent. The patent figure only serves to present the generally idea to the patent office examiners and public at large.
Google notes that "By approximately centered is meant generally along a vertical line extending through the midpoint of the eyeball, but with some small latitude left or right of this line. This places the button in a position that (1) is easily accessed by the wearer while also serving to stabilize the glass frame/picture image, and (2) an individual having his/her picture taken will recognize a traditional "picture taking" gesture by the wearer, thus serving as a "visual cue" to the subject; as the top and bottom of the glasses lens is held like a standard camera, with finger on the button, and the wearer's eye in the lens is reminiscent of a camera lens."
The rest of the design accommodates all previous patent specs for Google Glass including built-in cellular data connectivity standards so as to allow Google Glass owners to access the web directly without the need of doing so via an Android smartphone.
Considering that this is a patent application, the timing of bringing such a product to market is neither known nor guaranteed.
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