Xiaomi, the well-known Chinese manufacturer of smartphones and electronic devices, recently filed a patent for an anti-spy technology that could protect users' privacy from any hidden cameras in the surrounding environment.
Xiaomi patents a new anti-hidden camera technology
The patent, disclosed by the Qichacha app, covers methods, devices, electronics and storage media for providing a hidden camera alert via a wearable device, such as a smartwatch or smart glasses.
The technology patented by Xiaomi works in this way: the wearable device acquires environmental image data via an integrated camera, and determines the shooting angle of any shooting device present in the environment, such as a smartphone, a video camera or a webcams.
If the user is in the camera's angle of view, the wearable provides an anti-spy alert, which can be visual, audible, or haptic, to alert you to the presence of a potential privacy threat.
This technology allows the user to use the wearable device to issue an anti-spy alert when it detects that a shooting device in the environment is violating the user's privacy, effectively protecting the user's privacy and avoiding security problems caused from leaks of personal information.
According to the patent, to realize this function, the wearable device must have a camera function. Currently, Xiaomi smartwatches and smart bands do not have cameras.
Although children's smartwatches from Mitu have a camera, judging by the price and positioning, it should not provide such a function.
Mijia Smart Glasses are equipped with cameras and are products that can provide this function. We do not exclude the possibility that Xiaomi may launch new products equipped with this function in the future.
With this new patent, Xiaomi once again demonstrates its attention to user privacy and security, and its ability to create cutting-edge technological solutions. As we know the brand is known for its innovation and research in the field of smartphones and electronic devices.
