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  • Apple runs up against Samsung patent, but OLYMPUS did this first

    From RichA@21:1/5 to All on Fri Sep 3 21:14:59 2021
    A vertical lens system with a right=angle mirror. Olympus did this in the E-330 camera, but not a phone. However, the part in the lens system called a ball acuator is what Samsung has patented.

    https://petapixel.com/2021/09/03/apples-periscope-lens-plans-stymied-by-samsung-patent-report/

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  • From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to RichA on Sun Sep 5 11:01:06 2021
    On 2021-09-04 00:14, RichA wrote:
    A vertical lens system with a right=angle mirror. Olympus did this in the E-330 camera, but not a phone. However, the part in the lens system called a ball acuator is what Samsung has patented.

    https://petapixel.com/2021/09/03/apples-periscope-lens-plans-stymied-by-samsung-patent-report/

    So, pay Samsung a licensing fee or change the design.

    Apple rent in RichA's head: big.

    As to the E-330, unless there's another model E-330, then you're not off
    the mark, you're waaaaaaaay off the mark.




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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to Alan Browne on Mon Sep 6 02:32:54 2021
    On Sunday, 5 September 2021 at 11:01:14 UTC-4, Alan Browne wrote:
    On 2021-09-04 00:14, RichA wrote:
    A vertical lens system with a right=angle mirror. Olympus did this in the E-330 camera, but not a phone. However, the part in the lens system called a ball acuator is what Samsung has patented.

    https://petapixel.com/2021/09/03/apples-periscope-lens-plans-stymied-by-samsung-patent-report/
    So, pay Samsung a licensing fee or change the design.

    Apple rent in RichA's head: big.

    As to the E-330, unless there's another model E-330, then you're not off
    the mark, you're waaaaaaaay off the mark.

    The E-330 used a reflex finder assembly. But the path was a right-angle, much like what is proposed for smartphones.

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  • From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to RichA on Mon Sep 6 09:28:51 2021
    On 2021-09-06 05:32, RichA wrote:
    On Sunday, 5 September 2021 at 11:01:14 UTC-4, Alan Browne wrote:
    On 2021-09-04 00:14, RichA wrote:
    A vertical lens system with a right=angle mirror. Olympus did this in the E-330 camera, but not a phone. However, the part in the lens system called a ball acuator is what Samsung has patented.

    https://petapixel.com/2021/09/03/apples-periscope-lens-plans-stymied-by-samsung-patent-report/
    So, pay Samsung a licensing fee or change the design.

    Apple rent in RichA's head: big.

    As to the E-330, unless there's another model E-330, then you're not off
    the mark, you're waaaaaaaay off the mark.

    The E-330 used a reflex finder assembly. But the path was a right-angle, much like what is proposed for smartphones.

    That's not even what is at issue with the patent. The issue is the
    actuator used.

    Instead of letting Apple have free rent in your head, maybe you should
    get "on the ball" and actually read the article you're linking to.

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    "...there are many humorous things in this world; among them the white
    man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages."
    -Samuel Clemens

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