Canon Hopes To Use The Photographer’s Iris For Copyright Protection

Canon has filed for a
patent they hope will ervolutionize digital watermarking when it comes to photographs.

Future cameras from the company could have a ‘REG’ setting on the Mode dial that will actually take a photograph of the user’s iris as they look through the viewfinder.

This image, which is as unique as a fingerprint would be added to the photo’s metadata once a series of shots have been captured.

[via OhGizmo]

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