Samsung Wins Patent for a Pill-Like Gadget With an Extendable Show

Samsung has developed a show expertise that would allow it to launch a pill with an extendable display screen, in keeping with a patent doc. The South Korean expertise conglomerate has gained a US patent for a brand new sort 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 this point, 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 revealed patent document (via) on the US Patent and Trademark Workplace (USPTO) web site, Samsung has offered a number of photographs 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, not like the corporate’s different patents. As a substitute, it consists of descriptions of the varied figures within the patent doc that clearly illustrate how the machine would operate.

Samsung’s extendable show seen on a tablet-like machine (Faucet to develop)
Picture Credit score: USPTO/ Samsung

We will see the machine in its unextended kind in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, and it seems to be an everyday machine 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 be seen in subsequent figures within the doc.

Fig. 3 exhibits the rear facet of the purported pill, with what look like two strains working alongside the left and proper sides of the machine, when it’s held in a horizontal place. We will additionally see two circles outlined on the rear panel, and these may signify a twin rear digital camera setup.

We will lastly see the machine prolonged for the primary time in Fig. 8, and it seems that Samsung has designed the machine in such a means 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 prime view of the machine, whereas Fig. 10 offers us a have a look at how the rear panel would look when the display screen is expanded.

Samsung might equip this tablet-like machine with a USB Sort-C port in addition to 4 pogo pin connectors that would allow help for equipment corresponding to keyboards, in keeping with Fig.7 within the patent doc