Is Canon going to make a phone? This new patent is all about camera phone tech…

Canon has submitted a patent application for a smartphone camera system that will enable users to use multiple smartphone camera lenses at once. 

This seems like a pretty out-of-character patent submission from Canon as, until now, it has never ventured into the world of smartphone cameras. Rumors started circling early in the year when it was reported that Canon was keeping watch on the smartphone market, and phone camera developments.

This new patent lends further credence to the idea, since it details a new camera system for smartphones, with sights set on producing what could be the best camera phone for photography. 

The patent has been helpfully outlined and shared by Toruara Photo. The main focus of the submitted patent is to make use of the smartphone’s many lenses. Most modern phones have several different camera lenses, often of varying focal lengths, but as a rule only one is used at a time.