Friday 27 July 2012
Apple Files Another Wearable Computing Patent
Posted on 23:42 by Maria Scott
At first glance, the illustration that accompanies Apple’s latest patent looks like the company wants to own the rights to bowls people wear on their heads.
But this patent, which was discovered by the blog Patently Apple, is actually for a wearable computer.
The patent is specifically for a “display resolution increase with mechanical actuation.” In other words, the patent describes a technology that can be used for increasing the pixel density of a display placed over someone’s eye.
Apple has filed a number of patents that demonstrate wearable computers.
There are also a number of patents that show displays embedded in glasses. Earlier this month Apple was awarded a patent for a “peripheral treatment for head-mounted displays” that can be used to project an image into someone’s eye.
As Patently Apple found, the latest filing also notes that the technology can be used for “other types of display devices such as television sets, computer monitors, projection systems, and so forth.” Though it is unclear when Apple could release real products based on all of these technologies.
The patent was published on Thursday by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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