Image: ZTE Axon 20 5G phone with an in-display lens
South Korean tech giant Samsung has filed a patent for an under-display camera for its smartphones.
The patent comes with the trademark “Under Panel Camera” or UPC emanated from Seoul-based Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) and is linked to Samsung. The patent falls under the category ‘Smartphone/TV display panel’, LetsGoDigital reported.
Samsung seems to be preparing to apply this new camera technology in several types of products.
The ZTE Axon 20 5G is the world’s first smartphone with an under-display camera. Samsung’s new patent is aimed at building handsets with a similar “invisible” camera feature.