Samsung patents foldable phone camera with built-in LED ring
Samsung has filed a patent for a foldable electronic device that integrates a light-emitting diode (LED) directly around the camera module. The design uses a specific camera cover with two protrusions, one of which surrounds the LED to position it near the lens within the device's housing.
In the filing’s own words
According to an embodiment, an electronic device may comprise: a housing forming an exterior of the electronic device, a camera module at least partially disposed inside the housing, the camera module comprising a camera bracket, at least one lens accommodated in the camera bracket, and a camera cover covering the camera bracket, and a light-emitting module disposed around the camera module, the light-emitting module comprising a light-emitting module bracket and a light-emitting diode (LED) disposed in the light-emitting module bracket. The camera cover may include a first protrusion protruding in a first direction toward an outside from one surface of the housing and a second protrusion and spaced apart from the first protrusion and protruding in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The second protrusion may at least partially surround the light-emitting diode.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An electronic device comprising: a housing forming an exterior of the electronic device; a camera module at least partially disposed inside the housing, the camera module comprising a camera bracket, at least one lens accommodated in the camera bracket, and a camera cover covering the camera bracket; and a light-emitting module disposed around the camera module, the light-emitting module comprising a light-emitting module bracket and a light-emitting diode (LED) disposed in the light-emitting module bracket, wherein the camera cover comprises a first protrusion, protruding in a first direction perpendicular to one surface of the housing and exposed to the outside through an opening formed in the one surface of the housing, and a second protrusion spaced apart from the first protrusion and protruding in a second direction opposite to the first direction, wherein the second protrusion at least partially surrounds the light-emitting diode.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- FOLDABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING CAMERA MODULE
- Publication number
- US20260299396A1
- Application number
- 19289755
- Filed
- Aug 4, 2025
- Published
- Oct 1, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G03B 30/00 Physics & computingG03B 15/03 Physics & computingG06F 1/1641 Physics & computingG06F 1/1652 Physics & computingG06F 1/1686 Physics & computingMore from Samsung in Phones & computers
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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