article_snippet.sent: Hiroshi Ueda, a photographer who worked as an engineer for camera company Minolta, claims that he first invented the selfie stick in the 1980s.
article_snippet.sent: Hiroshi Ueda, holding he extender stick for taking 'selfies' which he patented in 1983 while working for Minolta .
article_snippet.sent: The 'extender stick', as he called it, was designed for use with new compact cameras that were being developed at the time.
article_snippet.sent: Now the situation may be about to get a whole lot worse, because there’s a next-generation stick that can grasp a tablet as well as a mobile phone.
article_snippet.sent: Despite being patented in 1983, the extender stick failed to become a success - mainly due to the poor image quality it captured.
article_snippet.sent: Modern versions of the extender stick allow a smartphone to be held aloft and use a remote trigger to take the photograph or video.
highlights_snippet.sent: Hiroshi Ueda patented the 'extender stick' at camera firm Minolta in 1983 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Hiroshi Ueda came up with the invention after struggling to find anyone to take pictures of Hiroshi Ueda with Hiroshi Ueda wife while they were on a family holiday in Europe .
  