Surface 'Andromeda' patent points to pop-up folding, edge display notifications

Our favorite non-real Surface is getting another round of patents recently, with this latest one offer a detailed look at the internal hinge mechanisms, as well as some hints equally to how Microsoft plans to brand the folding form factor more intuitive.

The new patent shows off how users volition be able to "lock" the device into a folded position, either with the displays on the outside or on the inside. It also notes how the user interface will notice how the device is beingness used, and orient visual elements to accommodate. For example, if you just "pop up" the brandish, it volition slide the notifications to the edge of the device, so you tin take a glance without fully unfolding into tablet mode.

The pop-upwards feature can allow the user to hands manually open the brandish further if desired, and/or the user can view some or all of the displays at this bespeak. For example, in this case a graphical user interface (GUI) shows that the user has a new text message on brandish that says, "Meet you at 5:00 P.Grand." The user can easily view the text without further manipulation of the device portions. If the user wants to text dorsum or perform other actions, the user can easily open up the device farther with one hand.

In this case, presume the user is done, and can close the device just by pressing down with his/her thumb until the device is closed, and the user-controllable lock 204 re-engages equally shown in FIG. 2D. Note that in this implementation, the device sensed that only a portion of the displays were visible in the pop-up orientation of FIG. 2C, and so the device customized the GUI for this orientation. A different GUI may be generated if the user opens the device to a different orientation.

Although it doesn't say it explicitly, the patent seems to hint that the locking mechanism could be biometric somehow, noting that users will be able to "unlock" the device either using the sensor on the outer case, or potentially, on the sides of the device as well.

The latest rumors around 'Andromeda' seem to hint that Microsoft is planning to release a larger, more tablet-like device first, codenamed Centaurus. Whether or non whatever of these products make it out of the lab remains to be seen, but it feels like it'd be a massive technology waste material to not at least effort to launch them to the public at this betoken. Hopefully, we'll larn more in 2022.

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Source: https://www.windowscentral.com/surface-andromeda-patent-points-pop-folding-edge-display-notifications

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