Apple has already made good progress in the process of eliminating the notch from its iPhone, a patent confirms that they are addressing this problem
According to a new article from Patently Applethose from Cupertino are having complications to replace the notch so characteristic of their iPhone with Face ID cameras that are capable of working under the screen. A few weeks ago it was explained that They are trying to find a quick solution but this would be delayedIf everything goes well, up to iPhone 18. In what happens, Apple was able to obtain a new patent related to the removal of the notch. How will they achieve it from Cupertino?
The elimination of the notch has been rumored for years and it simply does not happen
Prototypes and patents come and go but The reality is that we are just getting closer to what would be the end of the notch. Since the iPhone 13, it was thought that iPhone prototypes without a notch already existed. A year later it was thought that it would reach the iPhone 14 and it didn’t happen either. Until the beginning of 2023, a report indicated that the technology capable of making it a reality would be under the power of Samsung. Time passed, we have the iPhone 16 between us and the solution did not arrive.
Future iPhone design with hidden TrueDepth camera system
The forecasts had already been presentedit was Ross Young, the screen specialist who presented a roadmap indicating that Until 2026 we will be able to see the iPhone 18 Pro with Face ID and under-screen camera.
The patent that would make the iPhone of our dreams a reality emerged in 2023
Patently Apple published the first patent in 2023 that would make the elimination of the notch on the iPhone a reality. He explained that The iPhone should include “a plurality of non-pixel regions” such that they would be overlapping to the optical sensor. This configuration would allow “increased light transmission through the screen to the sensor.” Regions without pixels would be the transparency that would help Face ID work under any screen.
Possible positions for pixel removal regions
The recently published patent describes a functional block diagramincludes a “restoration optics” that will reduce image distortion caused by the screen. This optic would include a filter that could be placed in a visible wavelength range capable of allowing the passage of an infrared sensorlike the one currently used by Face ID.
Mention is also made of an environment in which the camera will be able to operate below the screen even if it is not close to the front surface. Perhaps this is the complication that Apple has in being able to have Face ID. The issue of sensors would be almost covered but in terms of the camera it is a complicated situation.
Apple has less than 2 years to be able to solve these problems and get its way. If these advances are promising for the beginning of next year, There is no doubt that the first real leaks of an iPhone without a notch could be seen and with Face ID under your screen. Will it be achieved for the iPhone 18?
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