Apple iPhone: will underwater photography be improved?

With the spread of certified smartphones to withstand immersion in water (in addition to ad hoc enclosures) the possible uses have expanded. Although almost no producer pushes the user to immerse his phone, more than one brand is trying to exploit this possibility. For example Apple with iPhone .

According to a new patent that was filed with the USPTO (US patent office), the Cupertino company would be thinking about how to optimize underwater photography for the next iPhone . It should be noted that a registered patent does not necessarily mean that it will be actively used.

According to reports , the patent named Submersible Electronic Devices with Imaging Capabilities describes the possible optimizations that could be performed on the iPhone when the user is underwater and intends to take a photograph .

The system will automatically detect, through sensors, when the user will be immersed and its depth. Furthermore the light that will filter through the water will be analyzed and this will automatically change the iPhone shooting parameters .

The analysis of the distance from the subject to be photographed and the analysis of the color spectrum will not be missing. The whole should produce underwater photographs of greater impact and with more realistic colors and not altered by the surrounding environment.

Despite all we know, as written above, if this patent will ever be used and especially if it will arrive as a software update for previous models (certified for diving) or will go to the new models of iPhone .