Bye, Notch: Samsung's Developing a Way to Embed the Selfie Camera in the Screen
While 2017 saw the rise of "bezel-less" smartphones, none truly lived up to the name. Samsung shrank its bezels significantly, while Apple went with the infamous "notch." However, Samsung seems on the verge of kicking bezels out the door with a new patent application that embeds the front camera into the display.The patent application, published Jan. 18, details not just the front camera, but also the sensors, receiver, and a home button or fingerprint sensor embedded into a smartphone display. Samsung lists this as a solution to create a larger display, which will lead to a more "natural" experience for the user.Don't Miss: Galaxy S9 Rumor Roundup — Everything We Know About Samsung's Upcoming Flagship The catch seems to be that the front camera, sensors, receiver, and home button or fingerprint sensor are all still visible. Based on the application, Samsung appears to have simply dug the aforementioned technology into the display as "holes." However, it's unclear whether those holes can have content displayed over them. In the application, Samsung refers to "masking," but the language is vague, and the diagrams show the embedded tech covers the content displayed on the device. Images by Samsung/USPTO Whatever the case may be, this patent application details that content can fill the entire display, even areas surrounding the technology embedded into it. To do this, Samsung breaks the display down into two areas — the "main area" and the "enlarged area."The main area resembles the 16 x 9 display form of a traditional smartphone. The enlarged area covers both the top and bottom "bezels," leaving only two tiny bezels at the top and bottom of the display. The rest of the front of the device is all screen.However, the top and bottom enlarged areas are subsequently broken up into smaller sections. From the drawings, it appears the top and bottom areas are divided into three sections each, however, Samsung describes 22 separate sections in the text of the patent. It isn't clear if those sections are simply not detailed in the drawings provided. The application does, however, list example pixel dimensions of the display:According to various exemplary embodiments, a size of the main area of the display can be, for example, 1440 x 2560 pixels. A size of the first enlarged area can be 1440 x 216 pixels. A size of the second enlarged area can be 1440 x 216 pixels. A size of the first area can be 1440 x 10 pixels. In addition, a size of the second area can be 1440 x 10 pixels.
— Samsung/USPTOBreaking the enlarged areas into sections provides a guide for content to change size. Some content can fill the entire display, while others might fill only halfway through the enlarged area. Developers can even choose to fill each enlarged area differently — some might choose to display the top area entirely while ignoring the bottom, while others might decide on other differing variations. There's a lot of potential here for aspect ratio customization. Image by Samsung/USPTO Samsung might be onto something great here. If executed properly, perhaps this design will be the one Apple, Google, and the rest will have to beat in coming years. However, Apple has experimented with similar technology, at least in patent applications, so an iPhone could beat a Galaxy to the punch.Don't Miss: How Does Apple's iPhone X Stack Up Against Samsung's Galaxy Note 8Follow Gadget Hacks on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Flipboard Follow WonderHowTo on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Flipboard
Cover image via Samsung/USPTO
Method 1. Download Music from MySpace Free with Online MySpace Music Downloader. If you are looking for the free MySpace music downloader app to get Spotify songs available for offline playback, Grabthatfile.com could be put in the first place to meet your needs. It's an online site specialized in recording MySpace tracks as MP3.
How to Easily Download Songs From MySpace as Mp3 Files
Get to grips with your Google phone, with our list of useful Nexus 5X tips and tricks. We'll help you to make sure you're making the most of your Android, and uncover a few handy features you
Basics: #51 No, my Nexus 7 is not a Camera! - youtube.com
With your phone system updated, do some test charging and see how it performs with the latest Android platform. Fourth solution: Wipe cache partition on your Samsung S9 Plus.
The most common Fitbit problems and how to fix them - Android
This is a two-step process - Installing android-wifi-tether after rooting your phone. Gaining root access to your Android involves installing an unofficial Android add-on.
How to: Wireless Tether a Motorola XOOM to a DROID X
Android Enterprise provides additional management options and privacy when people use their Android devices for work. Intune helps you deploy apps and settings to Android work profile devices to make sure work and personal information are separate. All apps you install on Android work profile devices come from the Managed Google Play store.
Use This App To SUPER SMOOTH Your Android Device - youtube.com
How to Choose Security Cameras with Push Notifications & Best Picks. Before you shell out the money to pay for security cameras with push notifications, make sure you have taken these factors into your account. #1.IP Security Cameras with Push Notifications and Two-Way Audio
iphone - How to enable push notifications of emails? - Ask
If your emails are getting ignored, go ahead and ask a "No"-oriented question. It might sound rude to you but it's actually not. You will come off as direct and forth-coming. You know what is rude? Ignoring emails is rude. Update: Someone tried out the technique and it worked!
How To Deal With People Who Ignore You | Communication Skills
In this article, I'll explain how Leave this Conversation works, why it's missing or grayed out, and how to get out of a group text message or iMessage conversation on your iPhone. We've been getting group text messages for years, but Leave this Conversation was only recently introduced.
Make Your Own NIGHT VISION GOGGLES!: Always dreamt of buying night vision goggles or making some well you are soon going to come to terms with it basically as the name suggest it allows you to watch objets in pitch darknessNight vision is the ability to see in low light conditions.
How to Make home made night vision goggles - Gadget Hacks
In this tutorial I have shown you a few handy but simple ways to speed up your site with a dash of PHP. I really hope that you find them useful and that you can apply them to a project in the future. How do you improve your site's performance? Follow us on Twitter, or subscribe to the NETTUTS RSS Feed for more daily web development tuts and
Web Developer's Guide: How to Speed Up Your Website
How To: Share Albums in Google Photos How To: Add Email Accounts to Mail in iOS 11 on Your iPhone News: Use Android's Airdrop-Like Nearby Service to Share Things More Easily Google Photos: How to Transfer Pictures from Facebook, Dropbox, Instagram, Flickr, & More
How to Cast Podcasts with Podcast Addict for Android « Cord
In this clip, Jay Goldman of Butterscotch explains the finer points of replying to people on Twitter. It may not sound like a complicated topic, but there's a lot more than meets the eye when you hit the Reply button.
How Do You Tweet to Someone On Twitter? | Chron.com
How To: Hide All Desktop Icons with One Click on Your Mac How To: Change the Default Save Location of Screenshots in Mac OS X for a Cleaner Desktop How To: Keep Your Desktop Tidy by Hiding Inactive Windows on Your Mac How To: Organize your computer desktop
How to organize files and folders on your Mac - setapp.com
Recipients must have a Google account to add their own images and videos to a shared album, but anyone with the link can view the album and download photos — even if they're not in Google's
Google Photos Review: The Best Photo/Video Backup App
Compared to third-party apps, Private mode on Touchwiz is better integrated and discrete, so most people will never know that you have actually hidden anything from them. So, here's how to use the Private mode on the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge to hide your important files and photos.
Need to hide supersecret files on your Galaxy S5? Here's how
0 comments:
Post a Comment