What is the USPTO number for MICROSOFT SURFACE ?
January 12, 2011 9:49 PM Subscribe
Second-generation MICROSOFT SURFACE features LCD screens which also contain integrated infrared sensors. OSLCD, "Optical-Sensor LCD", or "Pixel-Sense", apparently developed some time ago by Samsung. Can someone help me find the US Patent for these LCD screens?
I am curious if the subpixels on the screens are RGBI RGBI RGBI, or if there are instead two thin layers, one atop the other. Where should I look to find the actual patent info? Or, for people having further discussions about this exciting new tech breakthrough?
I am curious if the subpixels on the screens are RGBI RGBI RGBI, or if there are instead two thin layers, one atop the other. Where should I look to find the actual patent info? Or, for people having further discussions about this exciting new tech breakthrough?
BIG BIG companies like apple and microsoft tell the patent office not to show to documentation online till they want them to . So you might not find the patents online because microsoft doesnt want the patent office showing the application yet.
posted by majortom1981 at 9:38 AM on January 13, 2011
posted by majortom1981 at 9:38 AM on January 13, 2011
Response by poster: doublehappy is right, I should do my own research
doublehappy is wrong, that's a patent for KINECT
smackfu is slightly wrong, the SURFACE 2.0 tech is different and new.
majortom1981 may be right.
Perhaps metafilter in-the-green ain't quite the right place to be asking about this. But that is how I wanted to spend my Question-Of-The-Week.
By the way, digging around in the Bill Buxton patents I found a link to this:
http://www.billbuxton.com/multitouchOverview.html
which is extremely helpful and is very interesting to me. So, thanks everyone!!
posted by shipbreaker at 8:31 PM on January 13, 2011
doublehappy is wrong, that's a patent for KINECT
smackfu is slightly wrong, the SURFACE 2.0 tech is different and new.
majortom1981 may be right.
Perhaps metafilter in-the-green ain't quite the right place to be asking about this. But that is how I wanted to spend my Question-Of-The-Week.
By the way, digging around in the Bill Buxton patents I found a link to this:
http://www.billbuxton.com/multitouchOverview.html
which is extremely helpful and is very interesting to me. So, thanks everyone!!
posted by shipbreaker at 8:31 PM on January 13, 2011
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I couldn't find anything on patents, but I would be kind of shocked if there wasn't one since these corporate research groups patent everything. Maybe still pending?
posted by smackfu at 6:36 AM on January 13, 2011