One of the Microsoft patents highlights how a device with two displays could detect which display has the user focus. The patent includes a foldable mobile device that incorporates a variety of sensors that detect the display positions. The patent’s abstract states:
Microsoft also published another May patent (originally filed in 2016) that shows off a hinged mobile device with three displays! The patent shows how a third display could be incorporated into the device’s hinge. That third display could bridge the two primary displays together or act as a visual divider. The abstract for that patent states:
What could the foldable device in the patents feasibly be? Who knows, it might be a Surface Phone! It could be one of a new breed of folding phones rumoured to be in the works. So that device might be a 2-in-1 phone and tablet. The device could also be a new kind of dual display tablet. A tablet with two (or three) displays would certainly be something special. Then you could open apps in each of the two displays to utilize two apps at once. Both a Microsoft tablet and foldable phone would probably include the modular Windows Core OS. These new patents do not necessarily mean that Microsoft is developing the foldable device shown within them. However, they will generate more rumors that the company is still cooking up a Surface Phone or alternative foldable mobile device. At the very least, the patents highlight that Microsoft is at least considering releasing a mobile device in the foreseeable future. RELATED STORIES TO CHECK OUT:
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