The German Patent and Trademark Office has recently added a number of Huawei design patents from China that describe a user interface for a smartphone. The designs, which are now patented in Germany, show how a circular area should be reserved an camera. The surprising bit is that the camera is an under display unit, a first for Huawei.
The different thing about Huawei’s implementation seems to be that the camera is still visible. Even though it’s under the display, the user should still be able to see the front facing camera, or at least its outline according to the patent images. This is an odd choice, especially considering how other companies have been pushing to make it essentially invisible.
Huawei’s instead attempting to use UI elements to blend the camera and its outline with the background. It’s not as elegant as it being completely invisible, but it’s also much nicer than just having a hole-punch right there. On top of that, as is the case with a lot of Huawei patents, we’re not even sure if we’ll ever see this on their devices.
Regardless, it’s still a novel idea, and an interesting take on under-display selfie cameras. We’d like to eventually see it in action to properly judge it, but for now it’s just a patent. Huawei’s currently on the road to recovery, but they’re also not completely in the green yet. How things will pan out for them remains to be seen, but we’re optimistic.
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