Off The Dome: iPhone Sensors
Added 2022-06-12 00:47:16 +0000 UTCAdrianne's baby monitor reveals a question about her iPhone.
- Nanit baby monitor
- Nanit Camera / Customer Service CREEPING (Reddit)
- About Face ID advanced technology (Apple Support)
- Turn Attention Aware features on or off on your iPhone or iPad Pro (Apple Support)
- What are the lines on a computer monitor when filmed on a camera? (BBC Science Focus Magazine)
- Why do LED lights flicker on camera? How to stop light flickering in a video? (Future House Store)
Comments
Context: I'm an app developer
Eric Kok
2022-06-21 18:32:02 +0000 UTCMy guess: turning those comfort features off doesn't necessarily turn of the underlying sensor systems, as they are used also by system level features. Specifically I'm thinking of the dynamic refresh feature of new iPhones. That also might be the why engineers gave this explanation, albeit it horribly communicated by the support rep. New iPhones have 120hz screens but because of energy consumption this isn't actually always 120hz. It switches based on the type of content on screen, whether you're scrolling and the app as well. It's just a guess but it wouldn't surprise me.
Eric Kok
2022-06-21 18:31:50 +0000 UTCI think I noticed the same phenomenon when watching Below Deck Mediterranean. On the show there seems to be cameras mounted in the cabins where the crew sleeps. I've noticed flashing on people's phones that look like iPhones. It doesn't happen on the footage that is filmed by a camera crew. It seems to only be in the cabins with the mounted camera which might be similar to a babu monitor set up ๐คทโโ๏ธ
Mahaily Rogers
2022-06-12 06:41:01 +0000 UTC
