Sat 18 March 2023:
Tech giant Apple is developing a new technology that would allow flexible screen iPhones and iPads to detect drops and autonomously fold up on impact to minimize damage, according to new report.
‘Self-Retracting Display Device And Methods For Safeguarding Screen Using Drop Detection’ is the name of the tech giant’s latest patent application, according to AppleInsider.
According to the tech giant, the display itself can decide to break away, regardless of how the device folds at the hinge or whether a screen can be removed from a base chassis.
Instead of using a potentially brittle hinge, the display can be detached or folded in a way that protects the screen.
“Mobile devices with foldable and rollable displays can use a sensor to detect vertical acceleration (e.g., acceleration with respect to the ground) to determine if the mobile device has been dropped,” the patent application said.
“If the sensor detects that the mobile device has been dropped… the foldable device can retract at least partially to afford protection from the fragile display from striking the ground,” it added.
This means that there are then two options — retracting the screen or releasing it.
“(For example, the process) can include activating a release mechanism for a hinged connection between a first display and a second display of the electronic device when the vertical acceleration exceeds a predetermined threshold,” Apple said in the application, “wherein the activating reduces an angle between the first display and the second display below a threshold angle.”
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