Samsung patents an S-Pen with a built-in camera

06 February 2019
The company filed for this patent two years ago.

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  • Anonymous
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  • 07 Feb 2019

Fayth, 07 Feb 2019so is 40x optical zoomIs that a 40x zoom lens in your pocket or are you happy to see me? But on a serious note, jokes aside, the SPen is a small device that looks innocuous so someone might not know that it has a camera and is being used to sneakily take inappropriate images of unsuspecting members of public especially females.

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    • Fayth
    • uSY
    • 07 Feb 2019

    SchwarzeRoze, 07 Feb 2019This is quite dangerous and sneaky with perverts in trains ... moreso is 40x optical zoom

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      • SH3
      • 07 Feb 2019

      DAMX, 07 Feb 2019Failed how? That guy deliberately broke the S Pen to see t... moreYes because that thing cost like 100 maybe more euroes and is made of plastic.
      Its not durable at all.

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        • DAMX
        • SvB
        • 07 Feb 2019

        AnonD-731363, 06 Feb 2019S pen with camera great. Last S pen failed on Jerry rig e... moreFailed how?
        That guy deliberately broke the S Pen to see the charging coil inside.

          Anonymous, 07 Feb 2019Aren't the phones you take into the shower waterproof? Wha... moreYes. it is. and typically I ensure the SPen is resting on the soap carriage thing on the wall bar.so no. It doesn't fall into the plugholes.
          In case it does. I just call my husband to rescue my pen ^^:
          and No, I turned off Bixby (THANKS to BXActions) and it interrupts the music, I want something that is as seamless as possible.

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            • Anonymous
            • 3x4
            • 07 Feb 2019

            Kiyasuriin, 06 Feb 2019Hm... Interesting idea. I do look for a pen with a built in... moreAren't the phones you take into the shower waterproof?
            What happens when you drop the SPen and it goes down the plughole?
            If you use the voice assistants on your phone, couldn't you use that to increase\decrease volume?

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              • Anonymous
              • 3x4
              • 07 Feb 2019

              Just Samsung trying to cover all the bases. Can't see a real practical use for this. I don't think Samsung would even release something like this.

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                • Anonymous
                • 3x4
                • 07 Feb 2019

                Yousef1, 06 Feb 2019That will be great solution to remove the notch and holes a... moreOf course. And you can carry a feature phone for calls, no punch holes or notches.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • 3x4
                  • 07 Feb 2019

                  The last Oracle, 06 Feb 2019Wow. I had suggested this (without the zoom, but thatmakes ... moreWow, hopefully this should net you millions of dollars. Your ideas brought to life...

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                    • SchwarzeRoze
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                    • 07 Feb 2019

                    This is quite dangerous and sneaky with perverts in trains and bus rides.

                      I don't see that much practical use in this. I mean, are you going to run around with a pen taking photos? Or are you going to use the camera in the pen for selfies? Sounds rather pointless. Any use could be you taking a photo of what you wrote on the screen itself, but that is more for a screenshot? Still thinking of its use. May need an explanation how to use it.

                      (And I don't want to think of how many photos you could take prior depleting the battery in the pen)

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                        • Anonymous
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                        • 06 Feb 2019

                        Pen cameras have been around since film, and digital pen cameras for I think well over a decade. Digital cameras with wireless transmission are not new, neither are digital cameras with zoom. I don't understand what novel innovation this is patenting.

                          This is better, in a way if you take selfies or pictures with a group, you don't have to hold a huge slab away and instead a pen that has a camera on it.

                          Kind of impractical as you can't see your picture at the same time but better than a punch-hole or notch method.

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                            • a3h
                            • 06 Feb 2019

                            Camera here camera there camera everywhere! :)

                              This is a great innovative approach, but this patent is from Samsung so it's likely never going to be a reality, if this were a Chinese patent chances are we would be getting the actual product, the Chinese aren't as conservative

                                Kiyasuriin, 06 Feb 2019Existed in the Galaxy S4 arc, people hated it. ^^; (And I ... moreYeah, but that was back then. With the tech we have now, it could work

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                                  • Marvin
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                                  • 06 Feb 2019

                                  They are trying to enter the colonoscopy market

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                                    • AnonD-731363
                                    • SH3
                                    • 06 Feb 2019

                                    S pen with camera great.
                                    Last S pen failed on Jerry rig everything tests.
                                    By the way this feature sounds completely useless and Samsung will ask 20 more bucks for this.
                                    So expect a note 10 with price of 2000.

                                      Walter C. Dornez, 06 Feb 2019They should add voice control.Existed in the Galaxy S4 arc, people hated it. ^^;
                                      (And I mean in the device itself. not the S-Pen)

                                        Kiyasuriin, 06 Feb 2019Hm... Interesting idea. I do look for a pen with a built in... moreThey should add voice control.

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