Company LG Electronics has patented its new camera for smartphones. Information about this found in the documentation for intellectual property Bureau for registration of patents and trademarks USA (US Patent and Trademark Office, USPTO) of the relevant Dutch resource LetsGoDigital.
According to the idea of the Korean manufacturer, its future smart phones can get crazy 16 modules for the main camera. The patent shows the rear camera with four lenses arranged in four rows.
The user can select and combine several modules for capturing a specific photo or combine different parts of photos taken on different cameras to create a single photo or a moving image.
It was convenient to make selfie using a camera in the phone provides a kind of “mirror” or even a secondary display. The patent also describes a kind of touchpad on rear panel.