Microsoft Surface to incorporate under-display camera

By Louise Carey
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Microsoft is the latest camera phone manufacturer to experiment with under-display camera sensors

Microsoft Surface
(Image credit: LetsGoDigital x Giuseppe Spinelli)

Many camera phone manufacturers have been eyeing up under-display camera technology recently, seeing it as a perfect solution to the unsightly camera notch. It seems that Microsoft is now joining the party, after a recently published patent shows an under-display camera with four sensors and color filters. 

Filed in October 2020 with the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) and published on 14 May, 2021, the 40-page patent detailed four under-display camera sensors, each with its own color filter. Despite having seen patents for under-display cameras from other companies, including Xiaomi and Samsung, this is the first time we've seen a design like this before.

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Louise Carey
Louise Carey

With over a decade of photographic experience, Louise arms Digital Camera World with a wealth of knowledge on photographic technique and know-how – something at which she is so adept that she's delivered workshops for the likes of ITV and Sue Ryder. Louise also brings years of experience as both a web and print journalist, having served as features editor for Practical Photography magazine and contributing photography tutorials and camera analysis to titles including Digital Camera Magazine and  Digital Photographer. Louise currently shoots with the Fujifilm X-T200 and the Nikon D800, capturing self-portraits and still life images, and is DCW's ecommerce editor, meaning that she knows good camera, lens and laptop deals when she sees them.

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