Vivo concept machine pop-up camera, millet: I have patented as early as 2015

In the MWC 2018, Vivo released the all-in-one screen Acer Apex technology, this concept machine can be said to be full of black technology. Down the camera, hidden sensor, full-screen sound and The use of half-screen fingerprinting and other technologies makes the phone screen up to 98%.

It is noteworthy that for vivo Apex pop-up Selfie camera, well-known blogger @ Ice Universe microblogging today said that millet applied for a pop-up camera patent in 2015. And vivo pop-up camera patent application time July 21, 2017, later than millet.

According to the website of National Patent Office, millet applied for a pop-up camera patent on December 9, 2015. As can be seen from the picture, millet uses a pop-up (lifter) camera in the patent similar to the vivo APEX without When the camera is hidden in the phone, it will pop up when in use.

The patent document shows that by integrating functional devices such as a camera and a flash into a single functional module and then opening an opening matching a preset functional module on either side of the body of the electronic device, The fuselage to lift.

However, due to patent application very early, millet phone in this design is not a full screen look.

In fact, the millet MIX generation conference, Lei Jun had said that millet has long been considered pop-up front camera in full screen mobile phone use possibilities.But perhaps the components are immature, for a production model Is not appropriate, millet eventually gave up this program, but chose to move the front camera to the phone corner.