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Photo Forum / General Photo Topics / UK Photography / February 2005Hewlett Packard photo blocker
Hewlett Packard has filed an obscurely-worded patent with the US patent office for a widget which will block digital cameras from taking pictures of people -- only of course if said camera is equipped with a corresponding HP "no take my mug shot please" thing-a-ma-bob: http://glikglik.blogspot.com/2005/01/hp-hide-people.html > Hewlett Packard has filed an obscurely-worded patent with the US patent > office for a widget which will block digital cameras from taking > pictures of people -- only of course if said camera is equipped with a > corresponding HP "no take my mug shot please" thing-a-ma-bob: > http://glikglik.blogspot.com/2005/01/hp-hide-people.html ....and what a complete load of bollocks it is, too.  SignatureNeil Barker This is a joke, right? What's the date? > > Hewlett Packard has filed an obscurely-worded patent with the US patent > > office for a widget which will block digital cameras from taking [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > -- > Neil Barker > This is a joke, right? What's the date? If you follow the link in the original post, it includes a link to the published patent application at the USPTO site. There are at least three dates listed there - original GB filing, US filing, and publication. Which did you want to know? > > > Hewlett Packard has filed an obscurely-worded patent with the US patent If you think that one is obscurely worded, you obviously have not read many patent applications. > > > office for a widget which will block digital cameras from taking > > > pictures of people -- only of course if said camera is equipped with a > > > corresponding HP "no take my mug shot please" thing-a-ma-bob: > > > http://glikglik.blogspot.com/2005/01/hp-hide-people.html > > > > ....and what a complete load of bollocks it is, too. Is that a reference to being able to patent this kind of idea, or is it a reference to the idea itself? If it is a reference to the idea, I assume you have actually read the patent application rather that just basing your opinion on what has been posted here. > Hewlett Packard has filed an obscurely-worded patent with the US patent > office for a widget which will block digital cameras from taking > pictures of people -- only of course if said camera is equipped with a > corresponding HP "no take my mug shot please" thing-a-ma-bob: > http://glikglik.blogspot.com/2005/01/hp-hide-people.html A rather clever idea. Paul |
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