Apple's Holographic Display Concept

Why Apple Will Turn to Holograms - Businessweek

[...] here is a prediction—Apple devices will soon project holograms like you’ve never seen. This is not mere speculation, but insight based on Apple’s patents, recent acquisitions, and the business imperative to do something to break free of the tablet clutter.

In November 2010, Apple patented a three-dimensional display system that would “mimic a hologram” without requiring special glasses. The patent narrative is fascinating, noting that one current market gap in screen technology is the ability of a device to project stereoscopic 3D images to multiple viewers at the same time.

Source: Why Apple Will Turn to Holograms - Businessweek

Apple patents 3D display with holographic images and Kinect-like gesturing - SlashGear

Under this patent, the virtual items in this 3D space can include nearly any object that can be grasped and manipulated within the virtual space, including sheets of paper, hand tools, paint brushes, pencils, pens, knives, scissors, etc. Any manipulation of these virtual objects or controls can also be further reinforced with audio feedback, such as clicking sounds for virtually rotating knobs, flicking switches, or pressing buttons.

Source: Apple patents 3D display with holographic images and Kinect-like gesturing - SlashGear

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Apple patent reveals plans for holographic display - Telegraph

Apple also proposes using 3D imaging technology to track the movements of multiple viewers and the positions of their eyes so that the direction the image is deflected by the screen can be subtly adjusted to ensure the picture remains sharp and in 3D. The patent claims this technology would also create images that appear to be holographic because of the ability to track the observers movements.

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"As well as watching 3D movies, Apple's system would have a ton of applications in science, engineering, design and education, while 3D iPhones and iPads would be killer.


"It's easy to imagine things like amazing 3D textbooks and instructional videos. 3D gaming on an iPad would be an incredibly immersive gaming experience."

Apple said it does not comment on patents.

Source: Apple patent reveals plans for holographic display - Telegraph

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Apple store in Second Life?

A patent filing by Apple is prompting speculation that the company could be getting ready to open up Apple stores in Second Life.

clipped from techdigest.tv Apple looking to create a virtual shopping world? A patent filed by Apple suggests they could be looking to building a virtual shopping complex where customers, represented by avatars, can shop and interact with one another and with staff. clipped from www.infoworld.com Apple plots Second Life-like online store Patent filing suggests Apple plans to make shopping at Apple Store or iTunes a more immersive virtual experience The company has filed patent with the US Patent and Trademark office for an Enhanced Online Shopping Atmosphere, as originally noted by MacNN. clipped from appft1.uspto.gov Enhancing online shopping atmosphere Abstract Representing activity in an online store is disclosed. Information associated with the activities of a second visitor to the store is received. An indication of the presence of a first visitor at the store is also received. The activities of the second visitor are displayed to the first visitor. clipped from www.macnn.com Will Apple open a store in Second Life? clipped from www.youtube.com March 08, 2007 Second Life Apple Store

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Breast Massage Robot (video)

About a patent application for a robotic device which, according to the developers, is capable to give physical massage to human breast the way professional massagers do.

clipped from massage99.blog.sohu.com Patent No:PCT/CN2007/070908 Application 1.11.2007 priority date 9.11.2006 INVENTOR WEI.WANG A Brief Introduction to the Breast Massage Robot As a result of market research, we specified our targeting consumer groups which are listed below: 1.Girls who are reaching or having reached puberty, hope to improve the growth of breast. 2.Women who received surgery in the breast, desire to have a faster and better recovery. 3.Mothers, who are nursing babies, want to release the pain and to accelerate the secretion of breast milk. 4.Female who is having the period, want to release the swelling pain of breasts. 5.Women who want to lower the incidence of mastopathies. 6.Women, who are under pressure, want to relax themselves. 7.Women who want to improve the quality of their sex activities. 8.Women who want to have pretty breasts. clipped from www.youtube.com

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Motorola -- Rollable Phone

A recently published patent filing by Motorola describes a cellphone technology that could allow the display to fold or roll away. This will allow in future the design of smaller and still usable phones.

clipped from www.unwiredview.com Foldable/ rollable phone from Motorola The design of the mobile phones is always a fight between two opposite objectives - portability and usability. The more small and portable the device becomes, the less usable the user interface can be. Well. Motorola has an interesting idea what to do about that. In a patent application “User Interface System” it describes a concept of mobile phone with rollable display and/or keyboard. clipped from appft1.uspto.gov Abstract A user interface system (102) for a portable electronic device (100) is disclosed. The user interface system includes an interface (202) that is made of a flexible material and has an active position and an inactive position. The interface is coupled with a reservoir (204). The reservoir is used for storing electrorheological fluid (206). The user interface system also includes a source (208) that is coupled to the reservoir. The source is used for applying an electric field to the electrorheological fluid when the interface is in the active position.

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Bionic Eye -- intraocular camera for retinal prostheses

Researchers at University of California L.A have developed a camera to be implanted directly on the eye’s lens that feeds image data to a chip at the back of the eye.

clipped from www.wipo.int (WO/2007/130686) INTRAOCULAR CAMERA FOR RETINAL PROSTHESES An intraocular camera for retinal prostheses may include an optical imaging system comprising a set of optical elements for forming an image of the external world on an image sensor array, wherein the optical elements and the image sensor array may be enclosed in an implantable biocompatible housing that may employ haptic elements for stabilization within the eye. The set of optical elements may be designed to have a short focal length and to provide adequate resolution images that can be transformed into a set of stimulation signals applied to a pixellated microstimulator array. Transmission of the signals from the intraocular camera to a microstimulator driver circuit may be accomplished either by a wired or wireless communication device. Power and control signals may be provided to the intraocular camera by a wired or wireless communication device, or optically by means of ambient illumination or an optical beam.

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Microsoft patents worker monitoring system (2)

clipped from technology.timesonline.co.uk Microsoft seeks patent for office 'spy' software Microsoft is developing Big Brother-style software capable of remotely monitoring a worker’s productivity, physical wellbeing and competence. clipped from angelahayden.blogspot.com Microsoft's Electric Shock System for Sleepy Workers I recommend that they add a system that can shock sleepy workers. I can't tell you how many times the guy in the next cubicle falls asleep and snores on the job. He also makes too many body sounds and always has a running nose. His sniffling is driving me crazy. Microsoft should do something about quelling body noises. Perhaps, Microsoft could just hook workers up to a urine bag and a feeding tube and they could work continuously without any breaks. I also hate thinking on the job so Microsoft should just put a brain implant in workers so they can daydream all day while their brain is doing work.

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Microsoft patents worker monitoring system

clipped from technology.timesonline.co.uk Microsoft seeks patent for office 'spy' software Microsoft is developing Big Brother-style software capable of remotely monitoring a worker’s productivity, physical wellbeing and competence. clipped from appft1.uspto.gov Monitoring system Abstract The invention relates to a stand-alone video recording, playback and Monitoring system. It has network switches, non-volatile storage devices, IP cameras, video servers, and NTSC cameras. The system uses communication channels that are WAN/LAN based and can be hard-wired or wireless and has a flexibly implemented watchdog to detect, for example, hardware and power failure as well as other failures in the system. clipped from www.foxnews.com Labor unions said they fear that employees could be dismissed on the basis of a computer's assessment of their physiological state. Wireless sensors could read "heart rate, galvanic skin response, EMG, brain signals, respiration rate, body temperature, movement facial movements, facial expressions and blood pressure," the application states.

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Apple Files Patent for Wireless Ordering Technology

clipped from www.forbes.com Apple's Piping Hot Innovation Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs wants to patent a process that will save customers the hassle of waiting to order a cup of coffee at a local Starbucks or a fresh burger at the nearest fast food restaurant. Even better: The technology would let you jump the line of those ordering in person. In an application with the U.S. Patent Office published on Dec. 20, the Cupertino, Calif.-based computer and gadget company described a wireless system that would allow customers to place an order at a store using a wireless device such as a media player, a wireless personal digital assistant or a cellphone. clipped from www.cbc.ca Apple and Starbucks in September announced a deal that allows free Wi-Fi access to iTunes for iPhone and iPod owners in cafes. (Associated Press)

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Microsoft's mind reading patent -- The future of advertising?

The art of predicting customer behaviour

In August 2007, software giant Microsoft filed a patent application for a system that would allow it to access thoughts. The patent describes pattern-recognition techniques that can be applied to electroencephalograph (EEG) signals – a measure of electrical activity in the brain – to determine what cognitive state the subject is in.
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For one thing, its presence in the computer games market opens up intriguing possibilities: it could use brainwaves as a control mechanism.

There are other possibilities too. Microsoft has an avowed commitment to taking on search engine giant Google in the lucrative online advertising market. Now that is one area where a little mind reading could go a very long way.

Microsoft's mind reading patent | Information Age

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