Apple filing hints at work on OLED-based wraparound display technology

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• Reply 1 of 15

  SpamSandwich Posts: 33,407member

  January 21, 2016 4:27PM

  iTube!

  
• Reply 2 of 15

  cnocbui Posts: 3,613member

  January 21, 2016 4:44PM

  If the patent clerk doesn't reject that for obviousness, he should be found some other job.
  

  edited January 2016
• Reply 3 of 15

  rogifan_old Posts: 725member

  January 21, 2016 4:58PM

  cnocbui said:

  If the patent clerk doesn't reject that for obviousness, he should be found some other job.
  

  I thought patents were based on implementation? Are you saying Apple is attempting to patent something with the exact same implementation  as someone else?
• Reply 4 of 15

  suddenly newton Posts: 13,819member

  January 21, 2016 5:04PM

  SpamSandwich said:

  iTube!

  A tube of what?
• Reply 5 of 15

  cnocbui Posts: 3,613member

  January 21, 2016 5:23PM

  rogifan_old said:

  cnocbui said:

  If the patent clerk doesn't reject that for obviousness, he should be found some other job.
  

  I thought patents were based on implementation? Are you saying Apple is attempting to patent something with the exact same implementation  as someone else?

  4th item: The invention must be non-obvious
  
  http://www.bitlaw.com/patent/requirements.html
  
  
• Reply 6 of 15

  Mr_Grey Posts: 118member

  January 21, 2016 5:40PM

  cnocbui said:

  If the patent clerk doesn't reject that for obviousness, he should be found some other job.
  

  If you read the patent, and understood it, you wouldn't say that.  The "hollow display structure" made out of a piece of crystal is quite innovative.  There is a pretty clear implication that this would be carved (CNC) out of a single block of crystalline material. 
  
  Also, being as the most likely material this would be made out of would actually be that zirconia crystal they have the patent on, this dovetails rather nicely with rumours of Apple experimenting with new materials for the next generation of devices.  

  edited January 2016
• Reply 7 of 15

  radarthekat Posts: 3,842moderator

  January 21, 2016 7:47PM

  I'm ordering what use ce there is for a display that wraps all the way around a cylinder.  Advertising display stand at a mall or in an Apple Store.  But a portable product?  Like an iPad?  Dubious.  
  
• Reply 8 of 15

  cnocbui Posts: 3,613member

  January 21, 2016 8:08PM

  radarthekat said:

  I'm ordering what use ce there is for a display that wraps all the way around a cylinder.  Advertising display stand at a mall or in an Apple Store.  But a portable product?  Like an iPad?  Dubious.  
  

  A wicked iTunes visualliser would be one use.
  
• Reply 9 of 15

  Mr_Grey Posts: 118member

  January 21, 2016 8:44PM

  radarthekat said:

  I'm ordering what use ce there is for a display that wraps all the way around a cylinder.  Advertising display stand at a mall or in an Apple Store.  But a portable product?  Like an iPad?  Dubious.  
  

  I think it would be perfect for an iPod.  It's just the kind of glitzy, weird, futuristic thing that would keep people interested in them and buying them.  
  I would bet if this is a real product that it will be a kind of "last hurrah" for the iPod line.  

  
• Reply 10 of 15

  foggyhill Posts: 4,767member

  January 21, 2016 9:10PM

  cnocbui said:

  rogifan_old said:

  I thought patents were based on implementation? Are you saying Apple is attempting to patent something with the exact same implementation  as someone else?

  4th item: The invention must be non-obvious
  
  http://www.bitlaw.com/patent/requirements.html
  
  

  
  This is not an obvious implementation. Patents go to how you do it, not what you do.
  If I say I'm creating a car engine that runs on gas, it's obvious;
  if it does 1000 miles on a pint of gas at 30mph using a brand new type of process, well that motor and its process is patentable (probably two patents here).
  
• Reply 11 of 15

  fallenjt Posts: 4,054member

  January 21, 2016 10:11PM

  There you go, Sog. Foldable phone is possible soon.
• Reply 12 of 15

  noivad Posts: 186member

  January 21, 2016 11:38PM

  Mark my words: the drawing is a smoke screen for a wrist mounted iDevice bracelet. More surface (display) area than an iPhone & all the convenience of the Apple Watch. Will you have to turn your wrist to use it the extended surface? Yes. Will that be leveraged to make interacting with it even easier? Yup.

  
• Reply 13 of 15

  foggyhill Posts: 4,767member

  January 22, 2016 5:00AM

  noivad said:

  Mark my words: the drawing is a smoke screen for a wrist mounted iDevice bracelet. More surface (display) area than an iPhone & all the convenience of the Apple Watch. Will you have to turn your wrist to use it the extended surface? Yes. Will that be leveraged to make interacting with it even easier? Yup.

  Only for mega-nerds... Bracelets might work if they don't look like a cheap hospital bracelet when you're not using it.
  Like all wearables, it should not look like crap.
  
• Reply 14 of 15

  noivad Posts: 186member

  January 22, 2016 5:28AM

  foggyhill said:

  noivad said:

  Mark my words: the drawing is a smoke screen for a wrist mounted iDevice bracelet. More surface (display) area than an iPhone & all the convenience of the Apple Watch. Will you have to turn your wrist to use it the extended surface? Yes. Will that be leveraged to make interacting with it even easier? Yup.

  Only for mega-nerds... Bracelets might work if they don't look like a cheap hospital bracelet when you're not using it.
  Like all wearables, it should not look like crap.
  

  We’re talking about Apple, not Google nor Microsoft here. So, the design will be minimalistic & look upscale as all iDevices thus far, no doubt. Expect the finger print ID sensor/home button to be discreet (on the inside or inner wrist) and maybe even the only button & that’s it. (you’ll charge through induction & need a BT headset to get audio (they’re really inexpensive now—$50 for multipoint BT HS) Expect the display to be thinner than any iPhone thus far thanks to more surface area for battery which will add to its sleek look.
  
  Once a few top 40 pop & hip hop stars are spotted wearing them, any preconception of “high geekery” (like the preconceptions of the virtual keyboard in the first iPhone) will melt away. 
• Reply 15 of 15

  am8449 Posts: 392member

  January 22, 2016 5:35PM

  noivad said:

  Mark my words: the drawing is a smoke screen for a wrist mounted iDevice bracelet. More surface (display) area than an iPhone & all the convenience of the Apple Watch. Will you have to turn your wrist to use it the extended surface? Yes. Will that be leveraged to make interacting with it even easier? Yup.

  Interesting idea.
  
  After reading the article, I was wondering how Apple could use this tech, and you answered my question. 
  
  Since the diagram shows a headphone jack and what looks like a hold button, I'd guess that Mr_Grey has the right idea.
  

  Mr_Grey said:

  I think it would be perfect for an iPod.  It's just the kind of glitzy, weird, futuristic thing that would keep people interested in them and buying them.  
  I would bet if this is a real product that it will be a kind of "last hurrah" for the iPod line.  

  I think this Apple may combine the functions of the iPod Nano + iPod Shuffle along with this new tech, and turn the new device into a wearable necklace. And after this "test run", the tech would make its way in a more polished manner into a wristband-style version of the Apple Watch.