IT Home reported on December 22 that according to the list recently published by the United States Trademark and Patent Office (USPTO), Apple has obtained a MAC-related design patentHinting at future Mac devices that support Face ID.
The patent number is US 20230409075 A1, and the patent name is "Electronic devices including under-display cameras", and the patent description states that in current electronic devices, the front-facing camera will occupy part of the screen, reducing the potential display area of the screen, so in Apple's vision, the camera can be placed under the screen.
The abstract of the patent translated by IT Home reads as follows:
In the embodiment, the device includes a display with a front and rear surface. The display consists of multiple pixel areas that emit light from the front surface to display the displayed image, and multiple apertures that transmit light from the front surface to the back surface.The rear surface can then be equipped with a camera for photographing the subject. The device includes a processor coupled to a monitor and camera to receive and process the captured images.
In addition, by deploying a two-layer digital filter, it is possible to reduce the image distortion caused by the display.