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The US Patent & Trademark Office recently published a patent application from Samsung that reveals that reveals their work on what the industry refers to as a Pico-Projector. Samsung states that their invention relates generally to a projector, and more particularly to a micro-projector including a light source, such as a Light Emitting Diode (LED) and a lamp, an illumination optical system, and a projection optical system. Today, trying to integrate a pico-projector into a smartphone is a challenge because of the bulky projection system. Samsung believes that they've found a way around that problem.
Samsung has filed a new patent application relating to powering devices such as a smartphone, laptop and TV with solar energy built-into the casing of the devices. In respect to smartphones, Samsung states that in order to avoid the inconvenience of carrying a separate charger, a solar cell module for directly converting solar light to power has been developed. The solar cell module is provided in the portable electronic device, to thereby supply power to the portable electronic device and/or charge the battery pack.
A new patent application that was first discovered
by Patent Bolt reveals Samsung's
ongoing work in the field of microfluidic displays. One aspect of their invention was introduced with their latest Galaxy S3 in terms of the
"ripple effect" displayed on the lock screen that users are able to turn
on or off in the phone's settings. Our cover graphic presents Samsung's patent
figure 6 which illustrates this microfluidic based ripple effect while a real-world
photo of this effect is illustrated below. In the big picture, Samsung has
other ideas for this kind of display for future phones and one big idea for
using it in a next generation Braille smartphone that's most fascinating.
Earlier this week, the US Patent & Trademark Office officially granted Samsung a design patent for one of their Galaxy smartphones. On the face, the smartphone could either be a Galaxy SIII or Note II design. Yet where the design veers off course is when it reveals its backside design. Either this is a future Galaxy family design or one that Samsung passed on, as it presents a much fuller contoured backside design.
It appears that the next generation of smart device form factors will include dual displays that will be both flexible and foldable. These new form factors will create very powerful hybrid devices that will truly function as highly advanced video-conferencing smartphones and higher end e-Books. The new devices will give new meaning to multi-tasking as users will be able to video conference using one display while taking notes or juggling a work app on the flipside display simultaneously. Powerful new trends usually start with a flurry of intellectual property activity as companies seek to protect their latest and greatest ideas for future devices and services from being copied. One of the most powerful trends that we see emerging at the ground level today involves dual display smartphones and e-Books. The new form factors will create killer hybrid device categories that will drive new service and application opportunities for savvy developers. In today's report we take a look at new patent filings from Microsoft, Samsung and Sony regarding their respective next generation dual display device form factors. Specifically, each company is focusing on how they could best provide these next-generational devices with a reliable book-like spine that could be a make-it or break-it feature for these next-gen devices.
A recently published Samsung patent application has revealed a new air-gesturing invention that could supplement or eliminate the need to actually touch a display in order to control its functionality.
The US Patent & Trademark Office recently published a Samsung patent revealing a crazy roly-poly mobile docking device that is designed to stand a smartphone or mini tablet at various angles to suit a user's eyes for viewing photos, managing email or viewing a movie or television show comfortably.
Last Sunday Patently Apple posted a report titled "Apple, Google & Others Preparing for the Coming Glass War." The report presented a very light look at a next generation computer interface called the "Brain Computer Interface." Tech companies like Sony, Google and others are exploring such interfaces for future products such as gaming and/or video glasses like Google's upcoming Project Glass product. It now appears that the story continues with a new Samsung patent that was recently published by the US Patent and Trademark Office. Our report briefly reviews this patent application which covers Samsung's initial work on a possible future headset that will utilize a brain computer interface.
When it comes to delivering the next generation of smartphones with dual displays and beyond, Samsung has been putting the pedal to the metal. This has been a mammoth year for Samsung in terms of advancing the flexible display. In September their display division had successfully mass-produced the world's first flexible display and although it wasn't a pure flexible display at this point in time, the fact is that Samsung is leading the way towards producing the world's first flexible display products. Today's report provides you with a brief overview of their recent series of patent applications regarding multi-display smartphones, but more importantly, a peek at their most recent patent application that details an intriguing tri-fold flexible display smartphone design.
