Samsung has developed a show know-how that might allow it to launch a pill with an extendable display screen, in response to a patent doc. The South Korean know-how conglomerate has received a US patent for a brand new kind of show that may be prolonged from the left and proper sides to kind a a lot bigger display screen. It was beforehand granted one other patent for one more expandable show know-how in July. Samsung has solely launched foldable telephones up to now, nevertheless it might foray into different segments quickly — it not too long ago gained a patent for a foldable handheld gaming console.
Samsung Patent Reveals Show That Can Be Prolonged From Each Sides
Within the not too long ago printed patent doc (through) on the US Patent and Trademark Workplace (USPTO) web site, Samsung has offered a number of photos of its newest show know-how. It seems to be designed for a tool with a big display screen which suggests it might debut on a pill from the corporate, sooner or later sooner or later.
The outline for the brand new extendable show know-how doesn’t embrace an outline of how the know-how works, not like the corporate’s different patents. As an alternative, it contains descriptions of the varied figures within the patent doc that clearly illustrate how the system would perform.
Samsung’s extendable show seen on a tablet-like system (Faucet to increase)
Picture Credit score: USPTO/ Samsung
We are able to see the system in its unextended kind in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, and it seems to be an everyday system formed like a pill. A slot on the high edge additionally seems to accommodate a stylus that resembles the corporate’s S Pen, and the accent can also be seen in subsequent figures within the doc.
Fig. 3 reveals the rear aspect of the purported pill, with what seem like two strains operating alongside the left and proper sides of the system, when it’s held in a horizontal place. We are able to additionally see two circles outlined on the rear panel, and these would possibly characterize a twin rear digicam setup.
We are able to lastly see the system prolonged for the primary time in Fig. 8, and it seems that Samsung has designed the system in such a method that it expands on left and proper sides. It’s proven to supply a a lot bigger viewing space in Fig. 9, which presents a high view of the system, whereas Fig. 10 provides us a have a look at how the rear panel would look when the display screen is expanded.
Samsung might equip this tablet-like system with a USB Sort-C port in addition to 4 pogo pin connectors that might allow help for equipment corresponding to keyboards, in response to Fig.7 within the patent doc