Thursday, August 2, 2012

Apple files for patent on Smart Cover with embedded display


(Credit: Apple)

Apple has some ideas up its sleeve to make its Smart Cover, well, smarter.


The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today published an application Apple filed last year related to a Smart Cover boasting a "thin flexible display" that "greatly enhances the overall functionality of the tablet device."


According to the patent application, the cover would come with a connector that would attach to the tablet to draw power. Once connected, the Smart Cover could be used to "present visual information" and work with the same touch technology found in a slate's display. In one image in Apple's patent application, the company shows the Smart Cover displaying icons that users could interact with by simply clicking on them.


Related stories



No comments:

Post a Comment