US 11,706,517 B2
Vertically long apertures for computing device cameras
Sangmoo Choi, Palo Alto, CA (US); Lu Gao, Los Altos, CA (US); and Yoshimichi Matsuoka, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/197,784.
Prior Publication US 2022/0294948 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. G09G 3/20 (2006.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); G09G 3/3208 (2016.01); H04N 23/75 (2023.01); H10K 59/121 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/57 (2023.01) [G09G 3/3208 (2013.01); H04N 23/75 (2023.01); H10K 59/121 (2023.02); G09G 3/20 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
displaying, at a display panel of a computing device and at a first time, a first image, wherein the display panel has a first end and a second end, wherein the display panel includes a matrix of pixels and defines an aperture surrounded by pixels of the matrix of pixels but that does not include pixels of the matrix of pixels, and wherein a length of a physical shape of the aperture parallel to an axis connecting the first end and the second end is greater than a length of the physical shape of the aperture perpendicular to the axis;
displaying, at the display panel and at a second time that is different than the first time, a second image resulting the physical shape of the aperture having a modified apparent shape that is different than the physical shape; and
capturing, via a sensor that senses light that passes through the aperture, an image.