This patents is non-stop and shows the work that Apple does in all aspects of their devices. Now a patent comes to light that shows the possibility of having a camera on the strap of an Apple Watch that simply by raising your arm take a picture.
These functions would obviously involve the device's software and hardware. The small size of the cameras and the improvements in the software suggest that any patent could become possible, if not now it would be in a while. On the other hand, those of us who have been watching Apple news for a long time know that this type of patent may or may not become real depending on many factors, but in most cases they end up being just one more on the list.
In fact, these types of patents make us dream of a watch full of accessories and different functions more than those it already has.. In all these patents the important thing is to think a little about the future and not believe that they are for current devices. In addition, some of them are really useful but in this case, although having a camera on the Apple watch has been news that is repeated over the years, we have not seen its usefulness. If it arrives, it will arrive, but we do not believe that it is something essential for the current times.
Accessories for Apple Watch bands we have seen many, similar patents to this just published as well, and in most cases they do not end up being really useful or profitable to implement. So it is time to continue seeing this type of patents as something distant, possible in some cases and above all as an Apple method to get others do not use this patented technology without going through the box.