Samsung Galaxy Note: New patent hints at inbuilt camera for next-gen S Pen

[Redaktion]

The Samsung Galaxy Note 9's S Pen gained interesting new Bluetooth capabilities over previous versions of the same stylus last year. Now, the OEM has obtained a patent to pack a whole camera into a version of the same component. This camera has a tiny lens, but also has optical zoom and a battery to power it.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-New-patent-hints-at-inbuilt-camera-for-next-gen-S-Pen.403716.0.html

[S.Yu]

The CMOS will be what...1/5"? And with an inevitably slow zoom...and with the transfer rate of BT we know there's no multiframe processing a la Gcam.

[law]

I would prefer them making the S-pen having a laser pointer capabilities rather than camera. What are you gonna do with that camera? Spy? A laser pointer should be more useful especially when do things like presentations.

[Leonardo22]

They're great innovators and designers but they do certain things like this that are too abstract and not very useful.