1. Samsung science fiction patent exposure: a huge screen flying in the air like a flying carpet;
In the Arab mythology, there is a magical flying carpet to send the owner anywhere.According to foreign media latest news, South Korea's Samsung Electronics has won a new patent, a huge display can fly like a flying carpet, positioning, The future will have a huge use.
According to Engadget and other technology media reports, Samsung's patent application in 2016, recently formally been the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted a patent.
Samsung's patent is called 'Flying Display Devices.' In short, this is a huge display that can fly in the air like a drone.
This flying screen has great uses, such as being able to be fixed in the air somewhere on a particular occasion, airing advertisements, or providing live broadcasts, playing webcam videos, and more.
In sporting events or outdoor concerts and other occasions, such a huge screen moving at any time can also give a better view of the audience to pass clearer performance or game screen.
Samsung mentioned in the patent document that similar to UAVs, this flying screen will be powered by four rotors and will be equipped with various sensors and cameras to identify airborne obstacles.
Samsung Electronics will also offer a variety of advanced over-control modes such as voice recognition and control, and the flying display can even recognize gestures, body movements and even eyeballs of a user.
Samsung Electronics has conducted long-term research on device control. Some years ago, Samsung was equipped with the cool features of eye control in high-end handsets, such as the user only need to control the screen or cell phone eye movement with both hands. The poor practicality of this feature did not lead to more follow-up in the mobile phone industry in the end.
Samsung Electronics is the world's largest display panel maker, the company applied for the above patents, in fact, not unexpectedly.Samsung has a large number of advanced display panel technology, such as the first time in the industry in the use of mobile phones curved screen last year , Apple mobile phones began to use organic screen (OLED), and Samsung is currently the world's only large-scale organic screen suppliers.
In the past Samsung also took advantage of the innovation of the display panel, introduced many new products, such as curly display or TV, transparent display.
However, the current application of Samsung Electronics is only a patent, whether the patent will become the actual product, or when the product to the market, it is still unknown. Tencent Technology
2. Apple's new patent allows Apple Pencil independent use or available for MacOS;
Not long ago, the foreign media exposed a special topic (No. 62/363172) filed by Apple on July 14, 2017. The patent is directed to the technology related to Apple Pencil. As can be seen from the patent application, this patent enables Apple Pencil can be used on any flat surface with a sensor locator and can be used for content input without the need of a display, completely freeing up the screen of the iPad.
It is reported that this patent has been published on January 18, 2018, the full name of "non-electronic surface for content creation electronic input device." From the picture point of view, this technology can be used with iMac or laptop screen overhead Sensor use.
As for the communication between this pen and the computer, it may not be unidirectional, so Apple can also add tactile feedback, LED indicator, or small screen for it. Of course, this technique is probably just a 'placeholder 'In the short term we are unlikely to see a real thing. Zhongguancun Online