Samsung Patent Describes New Tablet-Like Device With Extendable Display Technology

Samsung has developed a display technology that could enable it to launch a tablet with an extendable screen, according to a patent document. The South Korean technology conglomerate has won a US patent for a new type of display that can be extended from the left and right sides to form a much larger screen. It was previously granted another patent for another expandable display technology

Samsung’s extendable display seen on a tablet-like device (Tap to expand)
Photo Credit: USPTO/ Samsung

We can see the device in its unextended form in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, and it appears to be a regular device shaped like a tablet. A slot at the top edge also appears to house a stylus that resembles the company’s S Pen, and the accessory is also seen in subsequent figures in the document.

Fig. 3 shows the rear side of the purported tablet, with what appear to be two lines running along the left and right sides of the device, when it is held in a horizontal position. We can also see two circles outlined on the rear panel, and these might represent a dual rear camera setup.

We can finally see the device extended for the first time in Fig. 8, and it appears that Samsung has designed the device in such a way that it expands on left and right sides. It is shown to offer a much larger viewing area in Fig. 9, which offers a top view of the device, while Fig. 10 gives us a look at how the rear panel would look when the screen is expanded.

Samsung could equip this tablet-like device with a USB Type-C port as well as four pogo pin connectors that could enable support for accessories such as keyboards, according to Fig.7 in the patent document