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Samsung patents phone video recording using two cameras at once

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

Samsung has filed a patent for a device that records video using two different cameras simultaneously. The system saves separate video tracks from each camera, allowing the device to later select frames from either source to create the final video file.

Why it mattersThis approach could improve video quality by letting the phone choose the best angle or lens for specific moments during a recording.

In the filing’s own words

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first camera, a second camera distinguished from the first camera, memory, including one or more storage media, storing instructions, and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the first camera, the second camera, and the memory, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to receive a first user input for requesting to capture a video, based on the first user input, store first video data including a first track and a second track, the first track including at least a part of first image frames acquired through the first camera, and the second track including at least a part of second image frames acquired through the second camera, and acquire second video data including an image frame acquired from the first track or the second track of the stored first video data.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device comprising: a first camera; a second camera distinguished from the first camera; memory, comprising one or more storage media, storing instructions; and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the first camera, the second camera, and the memory, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to: receive a first user input for requesting to capture a video, based on the first user input, store first video data including a first track and a second track, the first track including at least a part of first image frames acquired through the first camera, and the second track including at least a part of second image frames acquired through the second camera, and acquire second video data including an image frame acquired from the first track or the second track of the stored first video data.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING CAMERA AND OPERATION METHOD THEREFOR
Publication number
US20260323139A1
Application number
19462592
Filed
Jan 28, 2026
Published
Oct 15, 2026
Inventors
6
Claims
20

Classified under

H04N 23/45 Electricity & electronicsH04N 5/9201 Electricity & electronicsH04N 23/667 Electricity & electronicsH04N 23/69 Electricity & electronics
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