Whether or not you happen to be a person who likes to take photos at a concert with your iPhone, Apple may be preventing you from doing so in the future. While it is certainly a matter of opinion whether taking photos at a concert ruins the experience, it’s extremely common to see people at a concert viewing almost the entire show through the screen of their phone. These type of concert-goers are frequently holding up their device and blocking the view of those behind them, and Apple has taken it upon themselves to resolve this issue.
After initially being launched five years ago in 2011, a patent with technology to solve this issue has finally been granted. According to The Source, “The patent describes the camera detecting an infrared signal and interpreting the data. It would block iPhones from taking pictures or video during a concert.”
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The concert venue would be able to turn on a specific signal that would interrupt iPhone cameras and restrict them from having the ability to record footage during a show. The signal would be able to detect both video and still photography, and would have the technology available to disable both.
Without the ability to take photos or videos the concert-goers would like have no choice but to put their phones away in the areas being restricted by the signal. The iPhone users trying to take photos and video would receive a notification on their phone communicating that the particular feature they are attempting to use is temporarily disabled.
In a more positive use of the patent, it could also be used to deliver information to iPhone users and not just prohibit spectators from recording concert footage. “The same way venues can use signals to disable iPhone cameras when pointed at a stage, these infrared signals can also be used to display useful information on phone screens when pointed at something specific in a room (or in a museum),” reports The Source.
What do you think about this new technology? Do you think Apple should be able to prevent their customers from taking photos and videos of the concerts they go to?
