Has come true or "I will give in good hands"

Five years ago, it dawned on me that with the increased sensitivity of photo arrays, the only tangible advantage of cameras with large lenses would be a shallow depth of field. Only a shallow matrix and a shallow lens can be placed in the camera phone; as a result, the pictures will have a great depth of field, which is extremely bad for portraits.



The problem can be solved by adding another or better than two cameras separated by a distance comparable to the diameter of a large lens. Images obtained from several cameras can be processed, get a three-dimensional image and then programmatically reduce the depth of field, blurring the necessary parts of the image.

To patent an idea, but there was no experience, and the idea is beautiful. I wrote to Samsung through the form on the site:

There is an idea how to get a blurred background using small cameras with a high aperture number (aperture), as on semi-professional SLR cameras with a large lens and a small aperture number. Those. A good portrait with an ordinary camera phone. In addition, plus other features with a relatively small increase in cost. I myself do not patent it, but the idea is beautiful. I will give in good hands, in HOPE for a reward ...

The answer came to the soap:
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Hello!

On this issue, we recommend contacting the Samsung Electronics Research Center. This division is engaged in research and implementation of new technologies in the company's products. research, samsung, ru, e-mail: idea dog src.samsung.ru

Respectfully,
Chervyakova Julia
Assistant manager
Consumer Information Center
Samsung Electronics Russia
(495) 363-1700
(800) 200-0-400 (free calls within Russia) www, samsung, ru
E-mail: ........ @ srsc.ru


I described the details of the “idea” and filled out the form on their website (or sent a letter?). But there was no answer.

And today I read the news on the companion :

Samsung has sent a patent application to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a new way to manage depth of field in compact digital cameras.

Many amateur cameras are characterized by a large depth of field (Depth-of-field). Because of this, the blur effect of objects that are out of focus (for example, in the background) is lost.

Samsung offers to solve the problem by combining two in one compact camera. The essence of the idea is as follows: the main camera takes a picture at high resolution, and the auxiliary - at low. Further, the image processing engine combines images in such a way that the main object in the frame remains clear, and the rest - get the effect of blurring.

Alas, and not get%, and in the public domain the idea is not to convey ...

UPD:
I would like to emphasize that I do not think that "a giant mega-corporation is cashing in on the minds of civilians." In general, it is a mutually beneficial process. My letter could well be merged into the basket or simply not read, and therefore did not respond. I am not a supporter of patenting such ideas (there was no experience). On the contrary, I am a generator of ideas and enjoy the fact that I can share an interesting idea. And if it is implemented - even better. Well, they will share the profit - always happy. And I chose Samsung, because I like their iron.

The question is how to deal with ideas that you don’t realize and you don’t want to deal with patent trolling. One thing remains: "I will give in good hands." But in what? And how to convey ideas to the public domain?