Filip Novotny "Plenoptics shine babban canji na farko a fagen daukar hoto tun karni na 19," ya rubuta shekaru biyu da suka gabata game da wannan sabuwar fasahar uwar garken TechCrunch. "Ina so in sake kirkiro hoto," ya bayyana sau daya Steve Jobs. Kuma sabbin takardun shaida arba'in da uku da aka bayar sun tabbatar da cewa Apple yana da sha'awar juyin juya hali a fagen daukar hoto.
Saitin haƙƙin mallaka yana hulɗa da abin da ake kira ɗaukar hoto na plenoptic. Wannan sabuwar fasaha tana ba da damar canza yanayin hoton kawai bayan an ɗauka, don haka yana ba mai amfani da wasu fa'idodi. Tunda hotunan da ba a mayar da hankali ba za a iya gyara su cikin sauƙi, mai ɗaukar hoto ba dole ba ne ya magance hankalin kwata-kwata kuma yana iya ɗaukar hotuna da sauri. Hoto guda ɗaya kuma na iya samar da sakamako masu ban sha'awa da yawa ta hanyar canza jirgin sama mai da hankali.
An riga an aiwatar da wannan fasaha a cikin samfurin kasuwanci ɗaya. Kamara Plenoptic Lytro sananne ne don abubuwan da ba a taɓa gani ba da kuma ƙirar ingancinsa. Amma kuma yana da babbar matsala guda ɗaya - ƙananan ƙuduri. Idan mai amfani ya yanke shawarar canza tsarin mallakar mallakar zuwa JPEG na al'ada, dole ne ya yi tsammanin girman ƙarshe na 1080 x 1080 pixels. Wannan shine kawai 1,2 megapixels.
Wannan rashin lahani yana faruwa ne sakamakon rikitaccen fasaha na na'urorin gani da aka yi amfani da su. Domin kyamarori na plenoptic suyi aiki, suna buƙatar gane alkiblar hasken rana ɗaya. Don yin wannan, suna amfani da tsararru na ƙananan ruwan tabarau na gani. Akwai jimillar dubu ɗari na waɗannan "microlenses" a cikin kyamarar Lytro. Don haka, idan Apple yana so ya yi amfani da wannan fasaha a cikin ɗayan na'urorin tafi-da-gidanka, tabbas zai sami manyan matsaloli tare da isassun ƙarancin ƙima.
Duk da haka, takardun haƙƙin mallaka kuma suna kawar da rashin lahani na ƙananan ƙuduri zuwa wani matsayi. Suna tsammanin zai yuwu a canza daga ɗaukar hoto na plenoptic zuwa yanayin gargajiya a kowane lokaci. Wannan zai ba mai amfani damar rasa ikon ƙara daidaita kaifin hoton, amma a daya bangaren, yana iya amfani da ƙuduri mafi girma. Yiwuwar sauyawa tsakanin hanyoyin za a samar da adaftar ta musamman, wanda za'a iya gani akan ɗayan misalai, wanda Apple ya kara zuwa patent.
Hotuna tare da yiwuwar ƙarin mayar da hankali na iya wata rana (ko da yake mai yiwuwa ba da daɗewa ba) suma suna bayyana a cikin iPhone, alal misali. Steve Jobs ya riga ya ga babban yuwuwa a cikin daukar hoto na plenoptic. Kamar yadda aka rubuta a sarki Adam Lashinsky A ciki tuffa, Ayyuka sun gayyaci Ren Ng, Shugaba na Lytro, zuwa ofishinsa wata rana. A karshen jawabinsa, dukkansu sun amince cewa kamfanoninsu su ba da hadin kai a nan gaba. Sai dai har yanzu hakan bai faru ba. Apple maimakon haka yana gina aikin Lytro a cikin haƙƙin mallaka (kuma yana ba su ƙimar da ta dace a gare shi, ma).
