Would protect smartphones and tablets from breaking.
Amazon has been granted a patent for protecting gadgets such as smartphones and tablets from accidents by deploying miniature airbags and jets of air.
The patent application was published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last August, with Amazon having filed for it during the February of 2010, which was granted recently.
The patent details a system that utilizes a gadget's built-in gyroscope, camera, accelerometers and other onboard sensors in order to determine if the device has entered an airborne state. If it has, the technology will change the trajectory of its fall, as well as releasing airbags to reduce potential damage.
Within its filing, the world's largest retailer, who has its own Kindle tablet lineup that may soon be extended through a smartphone, suggested the technology will work with phones, computers, tablets, cameras and video game controllers.
Not this "slide to unlock" shit.
Then, PUFF - the airbags deploy.
Not this "slide to unlock" shit.
Then, PUFF - the airbags deploy.
They might include an air pump that re-fills them after they are used. But seriously, for a "puff" of air to change the trajectory of a dropping smart phone.....it would need to be like 250-300 PSI air burst, half your phone would be the tank that holds the air.
Also a phone falling from table height to the floor, drops in what? 1 seconds max? That means your phone would need to constantly be monitoring your gyrosensor and camera, a couple thousand checks per second to catch it soon enough to prevent damage. What will that do to your battery???
Good point abut the battery...they'll introduce a large capacity battery which when combined with the 'air bag' system will make your phone the size of a brick (like those from the late 90's) good luck fitting that in your pocket.
Remember, the larger the phone, the more air force you need to change impact trajectories. And the larger the air bags have to be.