US Patent Application 18316922. UNDER-DISPLAY CAMERA AND SENSOR CONTROL simplified abstract

UNDER-DISPLAY CAMERA AND SENSOR CONTROL

Inventors

Bapineedu Chowdary Gummadi of Hyderabad (IN)

Soman Ganesh Nikhara of Hyderabad (IN)

Ravi Shankar Kadambala of Hyderabad (IN)

UNDER-DISPLAY CAMERA AND SENSOR CONTROL - A simplified explanation of the abstract

• This abstract for appeared for patent application number 18316922 Titled 'UNDER-DISPLAY CAMERA AND SENSOR CONTROL'

Simplified Explanation

The abstract describes a technology called under-display camera, which is a camera positioned underneath the screen of a mobile device. This camera captures images by using light that passes through the screen. The mobile device then displays the captured image on the screen. An indicator is also displayed on the screen to show the position of the camera. If the camera is blocked by something, the device can still show the previous image instead. The device also provides users with different ways to select areas on the screen to avoid blocking the camera, such as using hardware buttons or touchscreen controls.

Original Abstract Submitted

An under-display camera is positioned underneath a display of a mobile device. The under-display camera captures an image using light passing through a portion of the display. The mobile device displays a display image on the display, the display image based on the image. The mobile device displays an indicator overlaid over the display image on an indicator area of the display that overlaps with the portion of the display. The indicator may identify the position of the camera. The mobile device can compensate for occlusion of the camera by continuing to display a previous display image if a more recently captured image includes an occlusion. The mobile device can give users alternate ways to select areas of the display image to avoid camera occlusion, for instance using hardware buttons and/or touchscreen interface elements.