Camera Lens Indicator for Smartphone Selfie Eye Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile computing devices lack a clear indicator for the camera lens, making it difficult for users to align their gaze during selfies, resulting in poor eye contact and unflattering photos.
Innovation Solution
A camera lens identifying system featuring a smartphone cover with a slot or opening around the camera and an adhesive indicator that surrounds the lens, or a downloadable app highlighting the camera with arrows or contrasting colors, ensuring users know where to focus their eyes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If the camera lens is made small and blends into the device face, then the device maintains a clean aesthetic appearance, but the camera lens becomes difficult to locate and identify
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies color changes by using a colored indicator (such as a colored ring or marker) that contrasts with the device face to highlight the camera lens location. This allows the lens to blend aesthetically with the device while the colored indicator makes it easily identifiable for users taking selfies.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary element (such as a sticker, ring, or marker) placed around or near the camera lens. This intermediary serves as a visual guide that helps users locate the camera without altering the camera lens itself or the device's aesthetic appearance.
2Strength
If conventional clear screen protectors are used, then the screen is protected from scratches and cracks, but the camera lens remains indistinguishable behind the protective layer
Solution Approach 1:
The patent places an intermediary indicator element between the screen protector and the camera lens, or on the screen protector itself, surrounding the camera opening. This indicator remains visible through the clear screen protector, maintaining both screen protection and camera lens identifiability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by making the screen protector transparent everywhere except around the camera lens area, where an indicator is placed. This localized differentiation allows the camera lens to be identified without compromising the overall screen protection provided by the clear protector.
3Shape
If no camera indicator is provided, then the device maintains a clean uncluttered appearance, but users cannot easily locate where to position their eyes for proper eye contact in selfies
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses color changes by implementing a colored indicator that stands out against the device face, guiding users' eyes to the correct position for proper eye contact in selfies while maintaining an aesthetically pleasing appearance.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies asymmetry by placing an asymmetrically positioned indicator (such as an arrow or directional marker) that points toward the camera lens, providing clear directional guidance for eye alignment without creating a cluttered symmetric pattern.
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AI summary
A camera lens identifying system. The system includes a smartphone having a front side with a forward facing camera and an indicator on the smartphone surrounding the forward facing camera. The indicator identifying the forward facing camera lens may be a sticker, other attachment, downloadable application, or physical property of the phone. The system may include a cover, such as a screen protector. The cover has a top portion with a slot sized to fit around the forward facing camera. The indicator is on the cover surrounding the slot or the opening for the forward facing camera. When users are able to quickly locate a camera lens on a mobile phone or smartphone prior to snapping the photo, their eyes are looking in the right place, resulting in a better image and better eye contact. The camera lens identifying system permits users to quickly locate the camera lens.