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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Matthew D. Hill, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael W. Firka, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Nicholas D. Rath, Cupertino, CA (US);
Douglas G. Fournier, San Jose, CA (US);
Matthew P. Rao, Massapequa Park, NY (US);
Benjamin J. Pope, Woodside, CA (US);
James A. Bertin, Saratoga, CA (US);
David A. Hurrell, San Mateo, CA (US);
Jonathan Gomez Garcia, Cupertino, CA (US);
Blake M. Coughenour, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Angelo M. Alaimo, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jeremy D. Bataillou, San Francisco, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A portable electronic device may include an enclosure including a front cover defining a front exterior surface of the portable electronic device and a rear cover defining a rear exterior surface of the portable electronic device. The portable electronic device may further include a rear-facing camera and a rear-facing flash including a light emitting component defining a plurality of illuminable regions. The light emitting component may be configured to illuminate a first subset of the plurality of illuminable regions to illuminate a first field of view and illuminate a second subset of the plurality of illuminable regions, the second subset different from the first subset, to illuminate a second field of view different from the first field of view.