If the river makes noise, it is because the water is flowing. And today it sounds because Apple just got a patent to make a sensor system for Face ID and similar functions housed under the screen from an iPhone. But we would still see the camera screen, from time to time…
So it would be a kind of Dynamic Island 2.0. A small black speck that would appear and disappear depending on whether the camera is used or not. What would be a full-fledged Guadiana river here, come on.
Apple tends to patent countless projects and ideas many of which are never put into practice and often go unnoticed. But the patent he was awarded today is certainly eye-catching and could be very important for the company and for all iPhone users.
Said patent explains with hair and signs a system of sensors that would be housed under the screen slab of the iPhone, necessary for the operation of Apple’s Face ID facial recognition. Or again, it can be pressure sensors, sensors for detecting the position, the orientation and/or the movement, the gestures of the user, etc.
A removable notch
The “grace” of the patent is that it explains that the section of the screen panel that is in front of the sensor, for example the front camera, could become transparent when the camera is activated, and light up again when the camera is turned off.
This means that, for example, a small dynamic island would appear when unlocking our iPhone using Face ID, and once unlocked, would hide
And for example, if we use the front camera, a notch would appear again, perhaps larger than that needed for Face ID, so that the necessary sensors can work without the “curtain” of the active screen in front of them. Once the photo or video conference is over, said “Dynamic Island 2.0” would be hidden, showing the screen in its entirety.
We will see if this time Apple puts such a project into practice, and we will finally be able to see a full-screen iPhone, without any kind of notch. At least sometimes…
