Samsung files patent for holographic icons on smartphones

Samsung has filed a new patent in Q3 2014 which was recently published by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office that will allow a smartphone to display holographic icons.

The image on the left shows a perspective view of a device showing a hologram while the image on the right shows one image or icon at a time as a hologram. Meaning, only select parts of the screen would be a hologram while the rest of the display could remain flat.

The way the device would work is by:

The mobile device includes a main body including a screen; a light guide member disposed above the screen; an entrance optical member disposed on a surface of the light guide member; and an image hologram disposed on a surface of the light guide member which is laterally spaced apart from the entrance optical member. When an area of the screen corresponding to the entrance optical member emits a light, a holographic image stored in the image hologram is displayed above the light guide member.

Pretty crazy to think Samsung only recently started bending the screens and is already looking into popping images right off of them. Are you excited for hologram screens or think it’s pointless? Share your thoughts with us in the comments.

Source: Patently Mobile
Via: Android Authority

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