Patent ID: 11948490
Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a display having a screen area with an array of a plurality of pixels;
a camera near a rear face of the display to capture an image based on light incident through the display;
a memory that temporarily stores display data to be displayed on the display; and
a processor that controls light emission of a plurality of pixels of the display based on the display data stored in the memory, thus causing the display to display an image based on the display data,
the processor being configured to perform:
display stop process to stop emission of light from pixels in a first area corresponding to a position in the screen area of the display where the camera is placed and control the pixels to be non-displayed;
operation position detection process to detect an operation position within the screen area of the display; and
when the operation position detected by the operation position detection process is within the first area, a display restoring process to display an image based on the display data corresponding to the first area in any part of the screen area of the display.