In mid-June we reported on what could be the holy grail of full screens, this when  Oppo and Xiaomi  unveiled the technology they were working on: hidden cameras on the screen itself. This could be the key to achieving the ultimate screen-to-body ratio without resorting to notches, perforations, or drop-down / rotate systems. In another vein, a company like Huawei cannot afford to be left behind, and it seems that it will not be the case, since a patent sighted in the German Patent and Trademark Office describes a screen with an integrated camera.  

Huawei patents a mobile screen with camera : Huawei is also working on its own under-screen camera

Huawei’s design patents describe a user interface for a smartphone, in which it is possible to appreciate a circular area reserved for the camera, which is integrated directly under the surface of the screen. 

However, unlike the prototypes exhibited by  Oppo  and Xiaomi, the camera is not in a centered position , but in the upper left corner of the panel. Another difference is probably that the area below which the camera is located is not near the edge of the screen. 

It is also striking how the round point of the camera is so discreetly integrated into the user interface , overlapping the home screen with the icons in the notification bar, as well as other icons during active use of the phone. out of camera mode.  

In this sense, the patent does not focus on how the camera is hidden, but on the interface characteristics associated with it. In the sketches, it is shown how the space near it indicates details of the call in progress and information about the camera mode that is currently selected . 

Finally, it is worth mentioning that the fact that such a patent exists is not a guarantee that we will soon see it in a Huawei mobile. Although it does help, the patent was filed on March 29 and wasn’t published until recently, which means Huawei has been working on it for quite some time. However, only time will tell if Huawei will employ this solution, or  if  it will instead move to a different under-screen camera method.