Like any other company, Huawei also files patents from time to time. According to a recent report, the company filed 8,607 wireless communication patents from January to October, making it the world’s number one in this category. Now, another report reveals a unique patent filed by Huawei related to temperature measurement on mobile devices.

As per Tianyan Check (via Sina Tech), Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. filed a design patent ( CN306175428S) titled ‘Mobile Phone with Graphical User Interface for Temperature Measurement and Display Results’ on March 31, 2020, and it was officially published on November 17.

The abstract for this patent’s document says that after measuring the temperature of a human or an object through the camera of a mobile phone or a tablet, the result of the measurement can be viewed on the device’s display itself.

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If this sounds familiar, then you aren’t alone. Because Huawei has already launched two smartphones with this functionality. The first handset is the HONOR Play4 Pro Temperature Measurement Edition from the company’s then sub-brand. The second model is the recently launched ultra-premium PORSCHE DESIGN HUAWEI Mate40 RS.

Both these handsets use an IR camera, which is capable of measuring temperatures ranging from -20°C and 100°C. And as the patent says, the results can be viewed on these smartphones themselves.

Hence, this patent does not reveal anything new except for the fact that Huawei has patented this technology and may use it in future devices as well.

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