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A smarter table? A Surface Table? What new technological marvel does this new Microsoft patent allude to? Something good, surely, considering how Redmond has been on a roll lately.
Both with the Surface line of devices and the Windows 10 operating platform.
One thing Microsoft has managed to do very well these days is inventing new product categories. And after recently launching the Surface Studio (http://www.windows10newsinfo.com/smf/index.php/topic,32270.0.html), the company may be planning to do the same thing in the future with a device that makes it possible to work on a table.
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This patent was recently spotted that details an affordable system — one that integrates a PC and a projector with a range of sensors that provide a working environment on a regular table. The company is apparently calling it an “Interactive integrated display and processing device (http://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2016178783&recNum=3&maxRec=75943&office=&source=mspu&prevFilter=&sortOption=&queryString=ALLNAMES%3A%28Microsoft%29&tab=PCT+Biblio)”.
As the patent explains:
“An interactive service, provided using the device or a network-connected host, enables users of companion processing devices to interact in the display area of the integrated processing and projection device using the companion devices, via an interface in the display provide by the projector. Users without companion devices can interact with users of companion devices using an interface provided in the display area.”
And on first look, this looks like something that is aimed at enterprise where collaboration is needed, it is at the end of the day, bringing Windows 10 to work on a large table.
Meaning, end users may also find a lot of uses for its.
The idea being projecting a working space on a table that lets users interact with the projected UI using gestures. All this is made possible due to Windows 10 and built-in infrared sensors and cameras that recognize the gestures. These are then processed by the projector and the connected system.
Interestingly, this patent is not exactly new, meaning Microsoft has been working on this for a while now and could find a way to bring this innovation to market sometimes in the near future.
source:windows10update