OPPO registers a copyright to a smartphone with a camera on the edge

Cameras on the front and back of a smartphone have become an all too common story, but are you prepared for the camera to be placed on the… edge or not? Last year, OPPO applied for a patent on placing the camera on the edge of a smartphone and was approved this week.

This system will use a mirror to bring light at the edge to the main sensor on the back instead of using another sensor. So what is the effect of adding another perspective to the main camera? According to the company’s description, it will make it easier to record fast-moving things.

For example, if a car is passing by, the camera will automatically change the angle of view so that the user clicks or shoots without having to “pan” the camera in the direction of travel. The company uses a single sensor and changes the viewing angle by a mirror system instead of equipping a new camera to cut costs, as well as to make this process smoother (regardless of the cost). software, different properties of each sensor…).

Of course, this is still a patent on paper and no smartphone in the near future of the company has been applied. OPPO in the past has also had a lot of groundbreaking patents related to cameras and mirrors, such as this year also appeared a unique design that uses a mirror to bring light from the front to the back camera, from there take a “selfie” without having to have a selfie camera.