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Samsung flexible display patents include pull-out and rollable concept units

Posted: 07 Mar 2012, 07:16, by Daniel P.

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Samsung flexible display patents include pull-out and rollable concept units

Remember that amazing TAT concept video where the guy wakes up and stretches the screen out of his seemingly compact smatphone unit to read the news easier? If you don't we are embedding it below. Well, we are nearing reality with this one, as Samsung's flexible display patents show.

The Korean conglomerate has filed for patents depicting a pull-out, rollable and bendable screens for flexible display gadgets. The pull-out stuff is rather interesting, as it essentially has to combine a rollable portion as well, in the section where the sensor, power supply and control units are, in order for you to pick one side of the screen and stretch the whole gadget from a smartphone to a 7" tablet, for example.

It will also have to be a rather thin yet sturdy display, allowing you to use it as a touchscreen when extended without flexing too much under your digits.

The bendable concept is also pretty interesting, as it allows you to just fold a 7-incher in two, for example, achieving a much smaller, eventually pocketable footprint. For this one we know for sure that Samsung's R&D has cracked the code, as it outed a paper last year explaining how it achieved that without crease in the middle to degrade the image on the screen with visible "seams".

We can't wait for the first flexible display gadgets from Samsung - the screens themselves are supposed to enter mass production in Q3, and by that time Samsung should already have a few prototypes that will utilize them. We fully expect a few leaks here and there that will shed some light on the mystery patent schemes above as well.

source: PatentBolt

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1. android_hitman posted on 07 Mar 2012, 08:19 5 0

i bet apple already patented that in 1997 when SJ was smoking... so tough luck sammy...

2. tacohunter posted on 07 Mar 2012, 08:20 0 0

I can't watch the video, it's blocked for copyright infringement in my country. Contains content from RTBF.

any alternatives?

3. android_hitman posted on 07 Mar 2012, 08:23 4 2

yeah, find another country and F***ck off ACTA

11. protozeloz posted on 07 Mar 2012, 10:07 1 0

here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctxLW43nSeM

its not the complete video, but gives you an idea, sorry

12. tacohunter posted on 07 Mar 2012, 11:09 1 0

thx, it works.

4. Hmong_Xiong posted on 07 Mar 2012, 08:23 1 2

Saw the Mac keyboard and stopped the video. We're still gonna use keyboards in 2014?

5. jacko1977 posted on 07 Mar 2012, 08:25 1 0

they couldnt coz apple only copys old tech & patents it and says that did it so good luck with that

that was an answer to no 1

6. remixfa posted on 07 Mar 2012, 08:32 4 0

U know, after snapping an HTC LCD screen this morning while trying to replace the glass touch front, I am even more excited for flexible LCD technology. lol.

7. windowsRocks posted on 07 Mar 2012, 08:44 3 0

After watching this video I felt like am i living in 30th century?? Awesome concept i must say. GO SAMMY

8. shadez10 posted on 07 Mar 2012, 09:07 2 0

Nokia is already developing this kind of technology...

remember the concept nokia 888?.. and also they are currently working on nano technology...

nokia is kinda ahead of samsung...

9. plgladio posted on 07 Mar 2012, 09:22 2 0

All the very best for the team behind this.

10. PhoneLuver posted on 07 Mar 2012, 09:23 3 0

Awesome concepts! Kind of takes the wind out of standard tablets.

13. gallitoking posted on 07 Mar 2012, 11:13 1 7

wont sell...

14. Mandroid posted on 07 Mar 2012, 14:54 4 0

Just like your mom on a busy street corner. Shut it.

16. gallitoking posted on 07 Mar 2012, 19:17 0 2

wow.. personal attacks.. how old are you again...

15. Baseballer posted on 07 Mar 2012, 17:34 0 0

this is cool!

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1. android_hitman posted on 07 Mar 2012, 08:19 5 0

2. tacohunter posted on 07 Mar 2012, 08:20 0 0

3. android_hitman posted on 07 Mar 2012, 08:23 4 2

11. protozeloz posted on 07 Mar 2012, 10:07 1 0

12. tacohunter posted on 07 Mar 2012, 11:09 1 0

4. Hmong_Xiong posted on 07 Mar 2012, 08:23 1 2

5. jacko1977 posted on 07 Mar 2012, 08:25 1 0

6. remixfa posted on 07 Mar 2012, 08:32 4 0

7. windowsRocks posted on 07 Mar 2012, 08:44 3 0

8. shadez10 posted on 07 Mar 2012, 09:07 2 0

9. plgladio posted on 07 Mar 2012, 09:22 2 0

10. PhoneLuver posted on 07 Mar 2012, 09:23 3 0

13. gallitoking posted on 07 Mar 2012, 11:13 1 7

14. Mandroid posted on 07 Mar 2012, 14:54 4 0

16. gallitoking posted on 07 Mar 2012, 19:17 0 2

15. Baseballer posted on 07 Mar 2012, 17:34 0 0

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