Apple has patented a
flexible display screen that could one day be used to create digital magazines
and billboards.
The patent describes a
'digital periodical' that can also double as an in store sign or billboard.
It is controlled by
simply flexing or bending the display, and information can be sent to it via
mobile phone networks.
The patent was one of 31
US Patent and Trademark Office newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today.
A mobile electronic
device having a flexible display device is disclosed,' the application says,
a request to retrieve
information from a server over a wireless network is triggered based on flexing
the flexible display device and other gestures. '
'This could be a
revolutionary new Apple device that they refer to as a digital periodical' said
Patently Apple, which analysed the application
How it could work
Firms such as Samsung
are already developing foldable screen technology.
Apple's version has a
housing on each side.
Rather that buttons, it
is controlled simply by flexing the paper.
The system can also link to mobile phone networks to download new
content to display
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