A new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 9,871,962, owned by Papst Licensing GmbH & Company. The ‘962 patent relates generally to gesture based access to a movable shutter button for a camera on electronic devices with touch-sensitive surfaces. An electronic device having a camera and a touch-sensitive display supports methods for capturing an image using a movable shutter button thereon. The electronic device executes a camera application that may have a single movable displayed on the touch sensitive display, or two shutter buttons, one of which is fixed and one of which is movable. The patent has been asserted against Samsung.

The contest will expire on October 31, 2023. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.