Apple is once again experimenting with ways to integrate a camera into the Apple Watch. According to Patently Apple, the company’s latest idea is to put a camera into the digital crown. With this, users can snap a photo on their wrist by pointing the digital crown toward the subject.
Today’s patent shows the user being able to remove the watch if needed, since some users wear the digital crown pointing inward on their wrist. Figure 6 shows a release mechanism within an attachment interface so a user can easily remove the watch from the band to take a picture. Patently Apple states there are other implementations where the watch can be removed from the wrist along with the band.