Apple is looking to create a completely bezel-less iPhone by hiding the control circuit

Surely many people will wonder why there is no true edge to edge display on devices from Apple Watch to Mac. While display technology is advancing and allowing devices with thinner bezels to be created, they obviously still need control circuits or sensors located around the screen.

However, Apple so far has not had a real solution to create devices without any screen bezels. But that could soon change as Apple is reportedly developing a system that minimizes bezels.

“Optical system and method of mimicking the bezel-less screen”, is a recently revealed patent application by Apple. The six inventors of the patent include Apple’s vice president of hardware engineering, John Ternus.

The patent writes: “Electronic screens often have a border around the screen, mainly used to conceal, such as a drive circuit to control the screen. However, the use of this border reduces The overall image display space “.

That is why Apple proposes “a system that increases the overall usable space for the screen by reducing the impact of the borders around the screen.”

The 7,000-word patent application covers many small variations but the core includes two of the same ideas.

First, the bezels may be obscured by part of the screen. It is unresponsive to touch or possesses home screen features. However, a “bright duct” can direct parts of the image to this area.

“Light pipes can transport or distribute light from the incoming pixel sequence, such as the drive circuit area … and create an active screen area …”

Second, the pixels in this area may be positioned further apart from each other than the rest of the screen. This helps the screen that was formerly the bezel still contains pixels that do not cover the “drive circuit”.

“In this way, the pixel pitch (ie the distance between pixels) in the contour area … will increase relative to the pixel pitch of the pixels in the active area,” Apple said . That is, the red, green, and blue pixels are alternating drive circuit elements.

Besides Ternus, other inventors also include Paul Stephen Drzaic. Ternus previously filed a patent relating to creating an extra display area when closing a foldable device.

Refer to AppleInsider