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Apple has patented several technologies to do with wearable computing already, with the latest to pop up in the US Patent Office registering the ability to deliver Retina-quality display output to a small screen in front of the eyes. Like everyone’s into doing nowadays.
The patent itself covers a rather technical way of altering image resolutions on a small display, covering pixel matrix division and the introduction of a lens to the wearable glasses, as if Apple’s trying to patent the idea of using augmented reality glasses to allow the user to “zoom in” digitally on things they see.
As well as glasses, Apple says its technology should be considered applicable to anywhere “where a phosphor is excited,” also covering e-ink displays, OLED screens, LCDs and all sort of visual tech.
Not quite as exciting a concept as the incredible Raspberry Pi powered universal translator and subtitle generator, but still something cool enough to worry McDonalds staff as to your intentions with your super-eyes. [USPTO via Patently Apple]
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“also covering e-ink displays, OLED screens, LCDs and all sort of visual tech”
In no way at all is that likely to be targeted at Samsung is it…?
How could this possibly be aimed at the worlds largest manufacturer of screens and screen technology? You’re just being paranoid
Lets here Mr Biddle et al’s comments on how this looks, considering the hard time they gave the Google Glass prototype.
As for what Apple are doing, it looks like they are either grabbing patents so that they can enter this field at a later date if the want to, or just to use to extract money from people who do.
And again lol
In no way whatsoever similar to their submission of a patent for a wedge design just a month after Intel announced the ultrabook concept….
Apples wearable eye computer patents predate Google glass
Do Saumsung still make the screens for Apple?
If so, they could demand use of the patent in order to make them. And if everyone does the same, Apple will have to spend a fortune making the components themselves, or agree.
Do you think they would just call it the iEye?