Apple has applied for a patent for a system with an elongated flexible touchscreen that the wrist can be worn. The application appears after years of rumors about the arrival of a watch, which Apple would work.
The original patent application dates back from August 2011, reports AppleInsider, the document is first discovered. The patent application with the name “Bi-stable spring with flexible display” describes a device with an elongated flexible touch screen. The device that Apple has devised to the wrist, clamped, whereby the bow is adapted on the basis of the thickness of the wrist. Apple describes how the bracelet from layers of flexible steel tapes exist, and normally a flat surface area, but around the wrist to be captured can be similar to existing bracelets with this functionality.
With the help of gyros and accelerometers would the device know in which direction the information needs to be displayed. Apple describes in the application that the device wireless must be able to communicate via wi-fi and bluetooth. But it should also be possible to use the device wired to charge and sync. The built-in antennas, connectors, and battery would be on one side of the tape are confirmed, and once on the wrist confirmed, it would make the bracelet about the electronics slide for protection. The entire top would then be taken up by the screen.
An application for a patent leads more often than not a product, but the patent document, Apple comes at a time when rumors about the arrival of a so-called iWatch, re-emerging. Portable electronics would be the next step now smartphones and tablets have largely been fully developed seem.
