Samsung Patent Application Hints at Wireless Charging Case for AR Glasses

Samsung may very well be engaged on a wi-fi charging case for a pair of augmented actuality (AR) glasses, in response to a just lately printed patent software. While there’s not quite a lot of details about the AR headset, the patent software sheds some mild on how the wi-fi charging case would operate. If the corporate launches a tool described within the patent, customers might want to place their AR glasses inside an oblong case as a way to cost the headset when the battery runs low.

A patent software filed by Samsung earlier this yr was just lately printed on the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) web site (via 91Mobiles). Titled ‘Wireless Power Transmitting Device’, the outline for the invention states that it’s associated to a charging gadget for AR glasses.

In the assorted diagrams included within the patent doc, Samsung describes the use magnetic coils to transmit energy to a receiving gadget which additionally has a magnetic coil for wi-fi charging. These coils are proven to be in alignment with the lenses of the AR glasses in Fig 9a, in a horizontal orientation

In Fig 2, the charging case is proven to sport an oblong box-like design, with a hinge that flips open revealing the storage space for the AR glasses. Figures 3a and 3b reveals the wearable contained in the case whereas folded, with the arms on the backside. 

Fig. 9a (left) and Fig. 8
Photo Credit: WIPO/ Samsung

Meanwhile, figures 12a and 12b present the AR glasses positioned contained in the charging case with the body positioned vertically. The aspect coils (depicted clearly in Fig 8) are perpendicular to the underside of the charging case and positioned on both aspect of the AR glasses’ lenses.

While the patent software is not a transparent indication of whether or not Samsung plans to introduce a pair of AR glasses with help for wi-fi charging, the adoption of wi-fi charging might make such a tool a lot simpler to by eliminating the necessity to bear in mind to cost their AR headset. The glasses would even have a full cost when they’re taken out of the charging case, identical to actually wi-fi stereo (TWS) headsets at this time.