Apple Finally Reveals that one of their Foldable Display Patents is now Focused on being a Foldable Laptop
a Dual Display Tablet and a Multi-Display Book-Like Device. We had noted in the report that this was the year we re to see Microsoft s Surface Neo come to market. It s a dual display tablet that doubles as a notebook with a slip over magnetic keyboard as is illustrated in their promotional video below.
We covered the Surface Neo patent back in October 2019 and followed-up in October 2020 with a report titled Intel, Samsung, Microsoft are Collaborating on the new Horseshoe Bend Project that covers 17 Foldable Display Notebook standards. The project is no longer just a Microsoft project with a potentially broader base that could influence the market to consider this new form factor.
The US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple yesterday titled "Electronic Device with Intuitive Control Interface." Apple has invented a display system and circuitry that could work with a head mounted device like a VR headset, eyeglasses or an iPhone. Apple s new system will allow a non-geek to set up a wireless home system like a pro
While it s great to have a light-display at the top of the HomePod, it s impossible to view it if a user is sitting beside it and can t view the top of the HomePod. Yesterday the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that relates to a possible future redesign of the HomePod to accommodate a much larger display area.
Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that relates to hinge assemblies for future MacBooks. More particularly, the invention relates to liquid ingress control features for hinge assemblies.
Apple has Advanced their 10-year VR Gloves Project by introducing a new Ultrasonic Detection System
Apple has been working on a VR gloves project since at least 2011. Patently Apple has posted at least four reports covering the progress of this invention (01, 02, 03 & 04). Yesterday the US Patent & Trademark Office published another patent application from Apple relating to this project titled Ultrasonic Force Detection.
Apple s patent application relates to
ultrasonic force detection systems and methods based on propagation of ultrasonic waves in a user s body (e.g., in a user s digit/finger). This is the first time that ultrasonic force detection has been used in connection with Apple s VR glove project.