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Apple Bowl-Headed Patent Shows Wearable Computing Plans
"There are provided apparatuses and methods for increasing the pixel density of a digital display through mechanical actuation," Apple's patent application says.
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Apple recently submitted a patent application for "display resolution increase with mechanical actuation," an invention that aims to compete with Google's Project Glass in developing wearable computing devices. Apple's goal appears to be to improve the resolution of images seen through a head-mounted display.
"There are provided apparatuses and methods for increasing the pixel density of a digital display through mechanical actuation," according to the patent application.
The display is coupled to the display controller and is configured to show the contents of the sampled planes. Apple's application says the controller is especially configured to sequentially feed the sampled planes to the display for sequential display. It notes that at least one actuator interfaces with the display to displace it for the displaying of the sampled planes, so that pixels of each plane are show in a unique location from the pixels of other planes. The patent application also raises the possibility of multiple embodiments.
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