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24.01.2019

The fashion for smartphones with displays that occupy almost the entire front panel has turned into a headache for developers.

The source of the problems was the front camera, which, with nominal frames around the perimeter of the screen, turned out to have nowhere to be placed. In addition to the "mono-brow", which has become the object of stinging jokes, manufacturers have tried many alternatives over the past year - from minimalist teardrop-shaped cutouts and round holes in displays that fit only one lens, to attempts to return to the slider form factor, forgotten since push-button mobile phones. But the struggle to maximize the space occupied by screens did not stop there either. Samsung has found a new solution, which, however, is not suitable for all of its models, but only for members of the Galaxy Note family. The fact is that it is proposed to embed the photomodule in the S Pen stylus.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted Samsung Electronics a patent for an electronic pen with a camera built into the top of it. This design will not only save the smartphone from any kind of cutouts, but will also allow equipping photomodules with advanced lens systems that provide a full-fledged optical zoom. To control the approximation, it is supposed to equip the stylus with a separate button.

The number, type, and positioning of lenses can vary, and developers don't have to worry that a complex optical system will make the mobile device's thickness prohibitive.

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