Under-Display Camera UI Layout Using a Logical Cutout
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Solution Overview
Problem
The under-display camera (UDC) in electronic devices causes conflicts with icons and user interfaces due to the absence of a physical camera hole, making it difficult to select menu items and execute applications.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a UDC that adjusts display metrics to create a logical cutout for the camera area, updating the application layout to avoid conflicts by changing the position, size, or padding of icons and user interfaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If an under-display camera is disposed under the display without a physical camera hole, then the display area is increased and full-screen display is achieved, but icons and user interfaces conflict with the camera area making it difficult to select menu items and execute application functions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a virtual dimension by creating a logical cutout layer that overlays the physical display. This logical cutout (implemented as a transparent or invisible overlay) adds a software-based dimension that allows the UI to recognize and avoid the camera area, effectively solving the conflict between full-screen display and operational usability without sacrificing physical display area
Solution Approach 2:
The logical cutout acts as an intermediary between the physical display and the user interface elements. This intermediary layer provides spatial information about the camera area to the UI system, enabling icons and interactive elements to be positioned appropriately without directly conflicting with the under-display camera region
2Ease of manufacture
If an under-display camera is disposed under the display without a physical camera hole, then the display structure is simplified and manufacturing is easier, but the layout of applications must be adjusted to avoid conflicts with the camera area
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a virtual copy of the physical camera hole concept through a logical cutout. Instead of having a physical opening in the display, the system creates a software-based representation (logical cutout) that mimics the functional behavior of a physical cutout, allowing the UI to treat the area as if it were a physical opening while maintaining the benefits of a continuous display structure
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, a camera module disposed under the display, and a processor configured to control the display and the camera module, and a memory operably connected to the processor. The memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to receive display metrics information that is changed according to the state of the display, produce an under-display camera area corresponding to a position of the camera module, based on the changed display metrics information, produce a logical cutout of the under-display camera area, and update the layout of an application to be executed, based on the cutout.