Under-Display Camera Display Layout for Uniform Visual Appearance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices with under-display cameras face issues of reduced display area and inconsistent visual impressions when the camera is integrated on the display's back surface, leading to aesthetic degradation and impaired functionality.
Innovation Solution
The integration of a display panel with distinct areas - a first area devoid of circuit parts, a second area with connected light-emitting parts and dummy parts, and a third area with connected circuit parts - ensures consistent visual appearance by allowing camera integration without compromising display functionality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the camera is disposed to avoid the display area, then the camera can capture forward images, but the display area is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The camera is nested within the display area by positioning it on the rear surface of the display, allowing the camera to occupy space that does not interfere with the front display area, thus maintaining full display area while enabling forward image capture
Solution Approach 2:
The camera is moved from the front surface (2D plane of display) to the rear surface (another dimension), allowing it to face forward through the display without reducing the visible display area
2Ease of manufacture
If the camera is disposed in a partially incised area of the display area, then the camera can be integrated into the display, but information cannot be displayed in the area that faces the camera when the display is activated and aesthetic completeness is degraded
Solution Approach 1:
The camera is positioned on the rear surface of the display rather than incising the front display area, allowing full display area to remain intact and visible while the camera captures images through the display from the rear
3Ease of manufacture
If the arrangement relationship of various components of a display is adjusted to accommodate an under-display camera, then the camera can be integrated, but respective areas of the display give different visual impressions when the display is deactivated
Solution Approach 1:
The display is divided into different areas (first area under camera, second area adjacent, third area other) with different component arrangements - the first area has light-emitting parts connected to circuit parts in the second area, while the third area has light-emitting parts connected to circuit parts in the third area, creating uniform visual appearance across all areas when deactivated
Solution Approach 2:
The display components are arranged to create homogeneous visual appearance across different areas when deactivated, with the first area having the same visual characteristics as the third area despite the camera being positioned over the first area
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This configuration maintains similar visual impressions between camera-adjacent and non-camera areas, enabling seamless display activation and deactivation while accommodating an under-display camera.
Implementation Method 1
a transmission layer including multiple transmission parts configured to transmit light
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device according to various embodiments disclosed herein may include: a display panel including a light-emitting layer in which multiple light-emitting parts are arranged and a circuit layer in which multiple circuit parts electrically connected to at least some of the multiple light-emitting parts are arranged, the display panel including a first area, a second area adjacent to the first area, and a third area other than the first area and the second area, and a camera disposed on or under a rear surface of a display including the display panel such that a lens of the camera faces the first area of the display panel, wherein the first area of the display panel may be an area in which the circuit parts are not present, and an area in which a first light-emitting part connected to a circuit part positioned in the second area is disposed, the second area of the display panel may be an area in which second light-emitting parts connected to the circuit part positioned in the second area and a dummy light-emitting part not connected to the circuit part are arranged, and the third area of the display panel may be an area in which a fourth light-emitting part connected to a circuit part disposed in the third area is disposed.