Apple's new patent: Bracelet Display Screen

Curiosity daily news for Apple Apple Watch prepared a variety of different strap, and now Apple seems to want these bands have become smart.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday approved a patent for Apple's "woven display". Apple described in the patent document a composite fabric, made of transparent fibers, opaque fibers and light emitting components, hoping to use this cloth to produce a special strap, can be used to display information.

This kind of cloth sounds like Google I/O Conference on the launch of smart fabric Project Jacquard somewhat similar. Apple will be transparent and opaque fibers in a certain way and direction of weaving, in order to extend the flexibility and softness, may also add third kinds of fiber (such as nylon, glass, etc.).

Two kinds of fibers are woven together and the two kinds of fibers are intertwined

The light transmitting fiber plays a role of the light emitting display, light emitting element that is similar to the LED, because of the different ways of weaving, results are different, the whole fiber may be shiny, or partly by an opaque cover and intermittently luminous fiber.

Apple said in the document, this cloth can be made into a detachable strap, can be used to display a similar time, temperature and other information, may also be a reminder of electricity. The patent document also referred to a timing function of the device, the use of magnetic adsorption, it seems, this patent is prepared for Apple Watch.

Maybe it's for Apple Watch, maybe it's for Apple Watch

Smart watches in addition to work hard on the dial, the smart wristband is also smart watches manufacturers who have another idea. In addition to the chip embedded in the strap, as well as the watch strap modular, but also because there are chips on the watch band, so waterproof and anti sweat performance may be RBI discount.

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