ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,140, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"User interfaces for camera management" was invented by Johnnie B. Manzari (San Francisco), Brandon J. Corey (Palo Alto, Calif.), Jonathan I. McCormack (Los Altos, Calif.) and Marius Tico (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to camera management. In some embodiments, methods, computer systems, user interface, and techniques are provided for managing the resolution of media, managing zoom controls for capturing media, managing predefined zoom levels for capturing media, and managing media stabilization."

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