ahlam1399
02-16-2017, 04:22 PM
Cases of *****ed iPhone screens are certainly **thing new, and occur often e**ugh to have earned a separate service fee in Apple's AppleCare (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/applecare/)+ program. According to one study (http://motorola-blog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/*****ed-screens-and-broken-hearts-2015.html), half of mobile users globally have experienced at least one *****ed smartphone screen in their lifetime, and at least 21 percent of smartphone owners currently have a *****ed screen.
Presumably with this in mind, Apple is currently exploring tech**logy that can detect when an iPhone screen has suffered damage and alert the user early, even if the break is a hairline *****, which may allow the company to come up with better design solutions in the future.
http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2017/02/Screen-Shot-5-800x478.jpg
The system appears in a patent published on Thursday by the U.S. Patent and Trademark ******, called "Coverglass fracture detection (http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=3103&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&s1=(1%2F1.CCLS.+AND+20170216.PD.)&p=63&OS=ccl/1/1+and+pd/2/16/2017&RS=(CCL/1/1+AND+PD/20170216))", which describes an integrated network of sensors and software that can detect the formation of *****s in a protective display cover.
In one example, the invention detects breaches in the touch sensor substrate embedded in the device display. In a**ther, piezoelectric actuators send out vibrations and detect defects by analyzing the response. In yet a**ther instance, strategically positioned emitters shoot out pulses of light through a ****** of prisms, to eventually reach sensors located on the other end of the display. Measurements then detect a**malies in the travel of light in order to identify micro-fissures in the screen.
The invention is described as being capable of distinguishing between hairline *****s and spiderweb *****s, and even capable of measuring fracture depth, length, width, and expansion rate, with proximity and orientation sensors also recruited into the system to detect falls. User **tifications can include pinpointing the area of damage to the screen, as well as alerts about ancillary damage to internal components caused by the impact.
In some embodiments, the user is asked to confirm the location of *****s onscreen by circling the area with their finger. The diag**stic information is then corralled to generate a timeline of events leading up to the *****, which may be useful during repair work. The ensuing data may also be used by Apple to understand how and when *****s most commonly occur, allowing designers to create displays more resistant to breaks.
(via AppleInsider (http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/02/16/future-iphones-might-**tify-users-of-*****s-in-coverglass).)
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Presumably with this in mind, Apple is currently exploring tech**logy that can detect when an iPhone screen has suffered damage and alert the user early, even if the break is a hairline *****, which may allow the company to come up with better design solutions in the future.
http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2017/02/Screen-Shot-5-800x478.jpg
The system appears in a patent published on Thursday by the U.S. Patent and Trademark ******, called "Coverglass fracture detection (http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=3103&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&s1=(1%2F1.CCLS.+AND+20170216.PD.)&p=63&OS=ccl/1/1+and+pd/2/16/2017&RS=(CCL/1/1+AND+PD/20170216))", which describes an integrated network of sensors and software that can detect the formation of *****s in a protective display cover.
In one example, the invention detects breaches in the touch sensor substrate embedded in the device display. In a**ther, piezoelectric actuators send out vibrations and detect defects by analyzing the response. In yet a**ther instance, strategically positioned emitters shoot out pulses of light through a ****** of prisms, to eventually reach sensors located on the other end of the display. Measurements then detect a**malies in the travel of light in order to identify micro-fissures in the screen.
The invention is described as being capable of distinguishing between hairline *****s and spiderweb *****s, and even capable of measuring fracture depth, length, width, and expansion rate, with proximity and orientation sensors also recruited into the system to detect falls. User **tifications can include pinpointing the area of damage to the screen, as well as alerts about ancillary damage to internal components caused by the impact.
In some embodiments, the user is asked to confirm the location of *****s onscreen by circling the area with their finger. The diag**stic information is then corralled to generate a timeline of events leading up to the *****, which may be useful during repair work. The ensuing data may also be used by Apple to understand how and when *****s most commonly occur, allowing designers to create displays more resistant to breaks.
(via AppleInsider (http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/02/16/future-iphones-might-**tify-users-of-*****s-in-coverglass).)
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