Samsung has developed a show expertise that would allow it to launch a pill with an extendable display screen, based on a patent doc. The South Korean expertise 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 expertise in July. Samsung has solely launched foldable telephones to date, but it surely might foray into different segments quickly — it lately gained a patent for a foldable handheld gaming console.
Samsung Patent Reveals Show That Can Be Prolonged From Each Sides
Within the lately revealed patent doc (by way of) on the US Patent and Trademark Workplace (USPTO) web site, Samsung has supplied a number of photos of its newest show expertise. 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 expertise doesn’t embody an outline of how the expertise works, in contrast to 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 will 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 prime edge additionally seems to deal with 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 look like two traces working alongside the left and proper sides of the system, when it’s held in a horizontal place. We will additionally see two circles outlined on the rear panel, and these would possibly signify a twin rear digital camera setup.
We will 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 affords a prime 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 Kind-C port in addition to 4 pogo pin connectors that would allow assist for equipment resembling keyboards, based on Fig.7 within the patent doc