Apple was the first big tech company to apply for a smart ring patent. They filed for the patent in 2014 and it was published by the U.S. Patent Office in October 2015. Our report today covers a Samsung smart ring patent. The focus of the patent isn t for a future MR Headset like Apple s, but rather as a universal remote for a plethora of devices
Apple acquired Beddit back in 2017 and has been filing patents since that time to advance sleep monitoring systems. In 2020, Apple introduced Sleep Tracking with iOS 7. Apple recognized early on that sleep monitoring could play an important part of their new focus on personal health care. Now Google wants in on this market and introduced their sleep monitoring system last year. Our report covers Google s sleep monitoring patent that takes an indirect kick at Apple s approach.
Samsung Electronics on Wednesday sent out invites to the 2022 Galaxy Unpacked event for its new foldable phones that will be held online via its official website at 10 p.m. (Korea time) on Aug. 10. Our report also covers one of Samsung s latest patents on mixed reality smartglasses.
Patently Apple’s other IP Site, Patently Mobile, has covered both foldable and scrollable smartphone form factors from Samsung going back a decade. At one point in time, it was a tossup as to which of the two form factors would make it to market first. Then in 2019 Samsung introduced the Galaxy Fold. Now Samsung has gone on a patent blitz all about expandable display devices. Our report provides you with an overview.
While Samsung is preparing to release updates to their Galaxy Z Fold devices this summer, rumor has it that they may also introduce their first generation "slidable" display smartphone.