Apple’s patent for Face ID under the screen is exposed: it can achieve a true full screen
Apple’s patent for Face ID under the screen is exposed: it can achieve a true full screen. A copy of the iPhone’s screen was leaked on the Internet Face ID patent, and the patent has been officially granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Apple's under-screen Face ID patent exposed: can achieve true full screen. Apple's under-screen Face ID patent exposed: can achieve true full screen 1
On April 12, the United States Patent and Trademark Office has officially granted Apple a patent that eliminates the notch of the iPhone and replaces the original The depth-sensing camera module is placed under the display of the mobile phone. Apple's new patent is authorized, giving us hope for a true full-screen iPhone.
From the public patent drawings, we can see the difference between the under-screen Face ID and the current notch screen, as well as the working principle of this technology, the front camera, Tof, Components such as the dot matrix projector are hidden beneath the display. Apple pointed out in the patent that all front-facing components are below the screen, but each component is at different distances from the display.
Apple’s iPhone’s under-screen Face ID has always been a feature that users have been longing for but unable to achieve. Judging from current revelations, the iPhone 14 Pro/Pro Max released this year only canceled the ancestral notch screen and replaced it with With the "exclamation mark" hole-digging design, the screen-to-body ratio has been further improved, but the hole-digging area is not small. It is said that its diameter reaches 5.6 mm, which is much larger than the hole-digging hole of Android phones.
Tianfeng International analyst Ming-Chi Kuo recently stated that under-screen Face ID will appear in the iPhone 16 series in 2024. The release at this time is more like a marketing purpose , rather than a technical issue. However, regarding the under-screen Face ID, Ming-Chi Kuo is just guessing. When it will be mass-produced depends on Apple’s mood.
The Android camp is making great strides towards true full-screen. Recently, except for the Motorola edge X30 under-screen version, there is almost no other news about under-screen camera models. Xiaolei believes that it is likely that the development of under-screen camera technology has encountered a bottleneck and cannot make further breakthroughs for a while.
The biggest problem faced by under-screen cameras today is that they cannot take into account high resolution. Currently, most models equipped with under-screen cameras have 1080P screens. Considering The display effect of the area under the screen cannot yet achieve a resolution of 2K.
In addition, with the current technology, the display brightness of the under-screen area is difficult to be equal to that of other parts of the display, and the screen door effect still exists. Most users probably don’t like digging holes in order to remove them. Compromise the display quality of the screen. After all, the display screen is the most frequently used part of the mobile phone.
On the other hand, under-screen camera technology is not yet fully mature, and the production cost is not very low. Manufacturers rarely apply it to high-end flagships or decentralize it to higher-end cameras. On cheap models, in order to ensure the display effect, the mainstream full-screen form is still to dig holes.
For Apple, the priority of display effect is definitely higher than the true full-screen form. Perhaps when the under-screen Face ID technology can take into account both display and form, the true full-screen era is not far away from us. Apple's under-screen Face ID patent exposed: can achieve true full screen 2
At present, under-screen fingerprint unlocking has become the flagship standard of Android phones. Originally, everyone was also looking forward to under-screen fingerprint unlocking for iPhone, but due to Not long ago, the iPhone added a face unlock function that can be used while wearing a mask, so the possibility of the iPhone being equipped with an under-screen fingerprint has become less likely.
However, although the iPhone is unlikely to use an under-screen fingerprint unlock, a patent for the iPhone’s under-screen Face ID has now been revealed online, and the patent has been granted Officially granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. According to patent information, Apple's iPhone's Face ID hides the front camera under the screen, solving the field of view obstruction caused by the special-shaped notch screen and bringing a true full-screen visual look and feel.
Since the next-generation iPhone 14 series is suspected of using a "!"-shaped perforated pill screen, it is unlikely that the iPhone 14 series will use an under-screen camera. Tianfeng International analyst Ming-Chi Kuo once said that Face ID for Apple’s iPhone is expected to appear in 2024, which is the iPhone 16 series of phones. However, foreign media TheElec reported that iPhone’s Face ID will be used on the iPhone 15 series.
Of course, this is just a conjecture. After all, although mobile phones with under-screen cameras are now on the market, their maturity is still not high. For Apple, immature technology will basically not be promoted. to the market. Apple's under-screen Face ID patent exposure: can achieve true full screen 3
Since Apple first adopted the notch screen on the iPhone X, everyone has different opinions on this new design.
Generally speaking, what everyone talks about most is the aesthetic issue of this notch design.
According to reports from the outside world, the iPhone 14 Pro series will for the first time cut off the five-year-old notch screen and adopt a new perforated screen design.
Judging from the CAD design drawings previously exposed to the outside world, although the "exclamation mark"-shaped perforated screen does not release the area at the top of the screen, it still significantly increases the screen-to-body ratio.
As soon as the news came out, many friends also said that after looking at Liu Haiping for a long time, they always felt that the new perforated screen was not so pleasing to the eye.
Although everyone’s opinions on the iPhone’s appearance design can only be said to be different opinions, in fact, Apple has already planned the final form of the iPhone, which is a true full-screen iPhone that is like a “piece of glass”.
After the iPhone was upgraded to a full-screen display, Apple cut off the Home button and solved the "chin" of the screen. Now it is also time to solve the hole problem in the "forehead" of the iPhone. .
Recently, the exposure of Apple’s latest patent has brought us the latest progress in the true full-screen iPhone.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has officially approved an Apple patent that eliminates the notch of the iPhone and hides the components that support Face ID under the screen.
Judging from the concept diagram shown in the patent document, the components of Face ID have been moved to the bottom of the screen.
Not only that, another patent picture also shows the location of the camera.
It can be seen that the camera will not contact the screen (410), but will be closer to the back surface (418) of the screen, which is the bottom of the screen.
If the news is true, the overall appearance of Apple’s true full-screen iPhone will be consistent with what is generally believed by the outside world. The Face ID component and camera will be hidden under the screen. It is expected that the screen-to-body ratio of the full-screen iPhone will reach an unprecedented 100 .
Looking at it this way, a true full-screen iPhone is not far away.
In fact, foreign media reported that Apple will cooperate with Samsung to use a technology more advanced than UPC (under-screen camera technology) to hide the Face ID component. under the screen.
The report shows that if development goes well, Apple will use this technology for the first time on iPhone 15 next year at the earliest, making under-screen Face ID possible.
However, in line with Apple’s consistent style, the iPhone 15 series will most likely continue to use the perforated screen on the iPhone 14 Pro series and extend it to all models.
At the same time, some industry analysts with reliable news also gave predictions and confirmed the news.
Source Ross Young previously stated that under-screen Face ID will be launched as early as iPhone 16.
Subsequently, Apple’s first brother Ming-Chi Kuo also agreed with the accuracy of the news.
In addition, the exposed Apple patent shows that this patent has been submitted as early as 2019, which means that Apple has already begun the development of a full-screen iPhone.
Perhaps Apple’s related technology is close to maturity and is just waiting for the development results.
If the news is true, iPhone 16 will become the first full-screen iPhone.
Let’s wait and see.