Patent Shows Microsoft's "Edge Screen" at the Hinge of Foldable Devices

The idea of a foldable brandish was merely another myth in the tech world a few years back. Notwithstanding, since the Royole FlexPai came to the marketplace, several major manufacturers picked up the tendency of the foldable smartphone. However, no ane idea that Microsoft will also prefer this form gene for their devices until they unveiled the Windows-powered Surface Duo and Android-powered Surface Duo late final year. Now, a new patent, 'Device Having A Screen Region On A Hinge Coupled Betwixt Other Screen Regions', shows that Microsoft will exist calculation another new screen to the two-screened devices.

Foldable smartphones are in their preliminary stages equally of now. This means manufacturers are still trying to remove some of the bug that still persist in these devices. We saw how Samsung struggled with the foldable form-gene with their first Galaxy Fold.

A Tiny Screen for Notifications

Now, one of the problems that manufacturers are trying to solve is how to deliver notifications to the users when the device is in a closed-form. And so, Microsoft plans to solve this problem with a new "Edge Screen" in their devices.

Edge Screen 1

According to a contempo patent, Microsoft will exist adding a small screen at the hinge of their foldable devices to show the notifications. The "Border Screen" will likely be a pocket-sized screen just to display the notifications when the device is in a airtight country.

As stated by the Redmond-based tech giant, "The third screen which is called 'edge screen' is the screen region of the hinge and information would be displayed on edge screen based on the orientation of the device." .

Edge Screen 3

This way, when a notification arrives, the user need not open the device but to check that one notification.

At present, equally Microsoft is planning to launch their new foldable Surface devices by Q4 2020, there is shut to no chance that these devices volition feature a screen like this. Yet, this patent shows how the visitor plans to solve this problem for their future devices.