OnePlus Receives Patent for Under-Display Camera Technology

Under-display cameras are expected to exist the next big affair in smartphone design. While the technology itself is not however ready for primetime, about phone makers, including the likes of Xiaomi, Samsung, and Oppo, are working hard to incorporate it into consumer hardware. OnePlus is the latest brand to join the bandwagon, with the company this week receiving a patent from the Chinese IP bureau for a technology that hides the front-facing photographic camera in a smartphone when not in employ.

Filed last May, the patent was approved on 4th February and included in the WIPO Global Pattern Database. While the 'hidden-camera' implementation seems to be similar to what the company showed-off with its Concept One smartphone at the CES tech show in Vegas last calendar month, information technology will be interesting to run across if it will include the same Electromagnetic Drinking glass that enables the disappearing camera play tricks. Either way, the new technology, once ready to striking mainstream smartphones, should pave the way for real full-screen displays without unseemly notches or punch-holes.

The designs also seem to indicate that the rear camera module might come up with a plastic flap that can cover the lenses when not in use. The mechanical design, withal, may not be to everyone'due south sense of taste, which is one of the reasons why well-nigh vendors seem to be moving away from the pop-upwards selfie-camera designs this year.

While design-wise, the under-display camera makes for a solid example, the prototype quality from such arrangements leaves a lot to be desired, which is why it might take some more fourth dimension before the technology is used in consumer devices. As for the OnePlus patent, there'south not a whole lot more known nearly information technology, but let's promise that the company is able to find a way to employ the technology without sacrificing image quality.

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