The patent application titled “Mirror Tilt Actuation,” was first reported by Apple Insider which says the filing describes an image sensor for small, multifunction devices like an iPhone that would compensate for the user’s hand movement to improve picture quality. The Free Patents Online gives following description for the “Mirror Tilt Actuation,” According to the patent application, the new camera will have a specialised outer lens element which will focus incoming light onto a mirror. This mirror will deflect the image rays to another set of lens very much like a periscope in a submarine. The final image output which is shown to the user is a optically stabilised image. As of now no smartphone manufacturer uses tilting technology so Apple may be the first one to come out with such a radical camera on iPhone 7. This also means that there will be another camera war in near future between the tech giants vying for the customer attention. You can download the patent application filed by Apple here (PDF)
