Google has filed a patent application with the European Patent Office entitled “Under-Display Camera System and Apparatus”.
The patent reveals the technology that could allow Google to give its Pixel phones an edge over other flagships.
The patent explains how Google plans to develop a new under-display front camera that would allow Pixel phones to do without a punched-out camera or notch, leaving an all-glass display on the front of the phone.
Google came up with it A technology that allows the screen to let light into the camera without the glass losing its function as the device’s screen.
Although under-display cameras have been used in smartphones before, with its version Google tries to improve the quality of photos and videos taken by the under-display camera by capturing two parts of the screen and thus blocking or distorting light when it is falls across the screen.
Google says this is possible Placing a layer of light-blocking material in various shapes and patterns between the screen and the camera sensors. A layer would be placed under each of the two regions mentioned.
One of the sensors could be designed for color images while the other could be monochrome. Each of the light-blocking patterns is designed to work with your sensor to enhance a specific feature of a photo or video. One example would be sharpness, another would be color fidelity.
The output from the sensors is mixed and matched with digital image processing and machine learning A high-quality image is produced that reduces the negative aspects of a camera placed under the screen.
And since other attempts to improve underscreen photography have yet to deliver high-quality images, If Google succeeds, it could be one step ahead of the competition.
