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Samsung patented smart hours with an integrated interface projector
The United States Bureau has published on its website a patent application by Samsung, which describes a smart watch with a built-in projector capable of displaying the watch interface on the hand of the owner or other surface.
According to the Phone Arena , the device, patented by the company, is able to project a number of a number or keyboard set or a keyboard on the wrist or forearm of the user. Also, the authors of the application offer to display a surface for handwritten input of the text using the projector.
It is worth noting that the prospect of embodiment of the Samsung idea remains foggy, and it is possible that the company does not intend to work in the near future to create a smart watch with a projector.
At the same time, scientists from different countries are working on the problem of increasing the convenience of handling a small display of smart watches. So, in March of this year, a group of researchers from the University of Washington has developed Fingerio technology, which allows you to remotely control devices with sensory displays, including smartphones and smart watches. The essence of this technology is that it turns the surface next to the gadget into an analogue of the touch screen, and the device itself becomes a kind of sonar, which monitors touch using built -in speakers and microphones.
In May, researchers from the Future Interface Group Laboratory University Carnegie-Mellon created a technology called Skintrack, which allows the user's skin as a touch screen to manage smart watches. However, this technology does not provide for the visualization of the interface.
In addition, the idea of Samsung echoes the idea of the sensational concept of the Cicret bracelet, presented at the end of 2014. The bracelet is also equipped with a built -in projector, which is able to display a smartphone display on the skin. However, so far the creators of Cicret have limited themselves to a demonstration of the early prototype.