Camera that AI takes pictures automatically by judging the shutter opportunity of family and pets "Google Clips"

In the new product announcement event held on October 4, 2017 by Google, AI will judge the shutter opportunity just by putting it in the room and the camera which will hold the nice moment of the family and the pet in the photograph "Google Clips"Suddenly appeared and announced.

A new angle on your favorite moments with Google Clips
https://www.blog.google/topics/hardware/google-clips/

By installing AI in the main body, Clips can take pictures and short movies automatically and save them in the main body even if they are not connected to the network, and can transfer and save them to smartphones later. The size is 49 x 49 x 20 mm and the weight is 42.2 g. By attaching a clip that can also be used as a stand, you can attach it to various places and shoot. You can shoot still pictures or movies in MP4 embedded JPG "Motion Photo", MP4, GIF, JPEG format, with lens angle of 130 degrees and shooting moving pictures.


Although the capacity of 16 GB of storage is built in the main body, it is possible to transfer pictures and movies taken to the "Google Clips" application installed on the paired Android terminal or iOS terminal via Wi-Fi Direct or Bluetooth It is getting.

Capture the people and pets who with Google Clips' machine learning-powered, short-motion photos.#madebygooglepic.twitter.com/rq2aIz67yA

- Google (@ Google)October 4, 2017

In the following movie you can see how Clips can be used.

Google Clips | A new way to capture and save moments - YouTube


When you are making a cake with your family, if you cling to a bag of flour with clips of Clips ......


It is possible to automatically show the state that everyone is cooking in the camera.


It seems that a birthday cake has been completed ......


In this way, you can leave it immersive. At this time, it is not necessary for the person holding the camera to press the shutter, and the AI ​​installed in the Clips automatically recognizes the shutter opportunity and shoots.


If you shoot images and movies you've taken, you can transfer them to your smartphone and choose what you want to keep. With "Google Photos" you can preserve data indefinitely, so that Clips learns while taking a lot of pictures so that you can leave more important moments by recognizing the moments to be left on the camera and people It seems to be.


The price of Clips is $ 249 (about 28,000 yen), and the release time is "Coming Soon" (coming soon). It's a bit disappointing that the battery duration is as short as 3 hours with one charge, but it seems to be able to keep moving for a while during a little party. Considering privacy, the point that it is not connected to the outside Wi - Fi network is also a pleasing feature of Clips which leaves a private picture.