Patent 11804024 was granted and assigned to Snap Inc. on October, 2023 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A passive flash system for illuminating images being captured on a user device while maintaining preview of the content being captured. The passive flash system can display a portion of a screen in as an elevated brightness element that is brighter than the content being captured. The elevated brightness element can surround or overlap the content being captured to passively increase the lighting of the imaged environment.