(image from: LetsGoDigital)
Last week, LetsGoDigital also reported a special IBM smart watch, which is characterized by being able to transform into tablet mode. However, judging from the new patent of OPPO, the ideas of the two companies seem to be similar.
In fact, as early as 2065438+mid-2008, OPPO submitted this patent application for wearable electronic equipment to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and announced it in September of the same year.
The illustration describes a smart watch with a flexible display, which has an ordinary strap and a rectangular screen. Because of the folding function, users can double the display area when necessary.
Although the rectangular screen looks a little big, it is not much wider than the wrist strap, which means that when the user wears the watch on his wrist, it will not cause obstacles in use. When not in use, the watch can be turned off to save energy.
In the folded state, you might think that the watch can only double the screen area. But in fact, the patent describes the use of 30% flexible screen design, which can easily increase the display area by 200%.
In both modes, the height of the watch will not change. However, after unfolding, the back of the screen obviously needs special support, and OPPO has fully considered this.
In the folded state, the device can hide other 2/3 display areas under the main screen. The case is designed with grooves, which can be folded and stored automatically.
Instead, hidden screen parts can be released by moving buttons. However, this requires extremely high material and design strength, because it must prevent accidental deployment due to heavy pressure.
As for when this technology will mature and when OPPO plans to bring the finished products to the market, it is not known at present.