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Yet
another foldable device patent appears online from Microsoft, giving us a refreshed look at what Microsoft might be cooking up internally.
Apple already applied for
a foldable device patent, but this could be nothing more than an indication that such a tech is being discussed in the table.
Microsoft has again come up with
a foldable device patent.
Not exact matches
The much respected Samsung Galaxy tracking site Galaxyclub.nl in The Netherlands did some proper journalistic digging this week and came up with several examples of interfaces from the
patents for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy X, one of Samsung's first
foldable mobile
devices.
Lenovo and Samsung have demonstrated concept
devices with
foldable screens, and other companies have filed
patents, but
devices have yet to materialize.
There is no shortage of
patents for
foldable device, be it a phone that transforms into a tablet (or vice versa) or a phone that unfolds into an even longer phone.
«Samsung
Device Patents Published this week Cover Display Devices that are Rollable,
Foldable and Stretchable Main While Ford has invented a First - Gen AI Autonomous Cop Car, you have to wonder how Far this Technology could go in the Future»
Indicated in the
patent is a magnetic locking system embedded in the
foldable display of the
device that allows users to lock the
device in a folded state.
«One of Samsung's latest Inventions Supports Microsoft's Vision of Next - Gen Modular Desktops Main Samsung
Device Patents Published this week Cover Display Devices that are Rollable,
Foldable and Stretchable»
A new
patent filed by the company could provide the answer: a
foldable device that turns into a tablet.
Apple also explains in the
patent that such curved edges may be used on
foldable devices which would fold right along the edges to increase or decrease the overall size of the
device.
Koh Dong Jin, the CEO of Samsung mobile department, has expressed this September that Samsung is planning to launch
foldable device in 2018 and Samsung has applied some
patents in relative fields.
Apple also has some
patents that describe novel iPhone designs, including
devices with
foldable screens and curved, wraparound displays.
Late last month the US
Patent and Trademark Office published a patent from Samsung titled «Foldable Electronic Device and Method of Managing Visible Regions Thereof.&
Patent and Trademark Office published a
patent from Samsung titled «Foldable Electronic Device and Method of Managing Visible Regions Thereof.&
patent from Samsung titled «
Foldable Electronic
Device and Method of Managing Visible Regions Thereof.»
The top design
patents granted to Samsung this week covers a very bold hybrid
foldable tablet
device that could a large tablet, a mini mobile desktop and a notebook, depending on how the user so chooses to use the
device.
The chances of ever seeing such a
device increased last November, when it was discovered Apple had
patented what appeared to be a
foldable handset.
Patents that have surfaced lately shows us a mobile
device with
foldable body and display.
His comments fuelled speculation that Microsoft was working on some kind of «breakthrough» form factor, after
patents awarded to the company earlier this year showed sketches for a
foldable handset that could be opened up into a tablet - style
device.
This new concept of Surface Phone / Surface Notepad paints a much clearer picture for the
foldable mobile
device based on the latest
patent.
WalkingCat has found some potential signs of a
patent by Microsoft hardware team that redirects towards a
foldable device.
The company has filed a
patent application with the US Patent & Trademark Office for a foldable display that can be used in future de
patent application with the US
Patent & Trademark Office for a foldable display that can be used in future de
Patent & Trademark Office for a
foldable display that can be used in future
devices.
Adding to this, Samsung recently
patented a new
foldable device with the main focus on gaming.
Samsung has long been working on multiple designs for smartphones with flexible and
foldable displays, and the company has filed various
patents regarding such
devices.
The tech giant has filed a
patent for a
foldable device with the U.S.
Patents and Trademarks Office on Thursday.
A new
patent for Microsoft's
foldable phone / tablet has been published by USPTO and it shows a
device with impressive camera tech.
The ultimate
foldable mobile
device powered by Windows 10 is supposed to arrive later this year, and today yet another
patent points at camera tech in Surface Phone (Andromeda).
What do you think about this new
patented foldable mobile
device?
One of latest
patent detailed how the
foldable design on a mobile - type
device could be achieved, the
patents have already detailed that a
device featuring two
foldable screens connected with a hinge is in works.
The
patent is concerned with the camera design in a
foldable device, the
patent deals with implementation of the camera unit in a thin
foldable body.
Microsoft is exploring different ideas, the company has
patented 60 - degree rotation of the dual displays for the
foldable Surface phone, while the other
patent points to a
device with a hinge.
Until the launch of the
foldable smartphone draws close, and credible leaks start emerging,
patents filed by Samsung are our best source to get an idea of the mysterious
device.
The good thing is that the company has already filed the
patent for its
foldable smartphone and it has also revealed a couple of details regarding the
device.
These last 2016
patent filings also show that Samsung is viewing the
foldable smartphone as a scrolling
device that will allow users to «open the scroll» when viewing weather, date, time, and other pertinent information.
According to a report,
patent of Samsung's
foldable Galaxy
device surfaced online.
Microsoft has
patented numerous designs for
foldable mobile
devices.
Microsoft has being filed several
patents this past year that involve
foldable devices.
In one of the
patents, the company explained that
foldable device will use a hinge like the Surface Book to offer three different configurations: 0 degrees closed, 180 degrees flat open, and 360 degrees fully open.
And in a
patent - litigious society, we might never come to see a variety of new touch gestures,
foldable devices, or even slide out cameras.
MORE: The
Foldable Galaxy X Is Coming (with a Catch) Interestingly, the final Samsung
patent takes aim at a full - screen
device that eliminates all bezels.
There have been a variety of
patents detailing Samsung's
foldable device.