Companies patent a wide variety of things including design, technology, and branding. Xiaomi is no stranger in this regard. Recently, the company has been granted a smartphone patent design with a bizarre flip camera mechanism.
Smartphone OEMs have been coming up with strange ideas to achieve full-screen display on their products. As of now, we have seen phones with notches, punch-holes, pop-ups, flip-ups, and sliders. We are uncertain what tomorrow brings us to the table in the smartphone industry. Thankfully, we can imagine those designs when companies file for their patents such as this strange flip camera mechanism by Xiaomi involving a flexible display.
As you can see from the images, unlike ASUS 6Z and Galaxy A80, Xiaomi’s flip camera design will include a flexible display. On the former phones, only the camera module flips up and down with the help of mechanical parts. Whereas on the Xiaomi design, the cameras are embedded in the display like punch-holes and the screen itself flips like a foldable smartphone.
When on the back, the display could be used for camera viewfinder, notification panel or concept features as showcased by the company on its Mi Mix Alpha surround screen smartphone. While when the camera part of the display is flipped up, the entire back of the phone is left clean. On the sides, however, the design shows volume rockers and power key on the right side, dedicated key to call AI assistant on the left side, and USB Type-C port as well as speaker grilles at the bottom. Since there is no sign of a fingerprint reader, we can assume it to be featured under the display.
Anyway, we cannot guarantee Xiaomi to launch a commercial smartphone with this bizarre flip camera display design. Perhaps, this design will never see light as a finished product like many other design patents before.
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