Smartphone with multiple screens

The smartphone with multiple screens addresses the issue of hardware/software failures by ensuring continuous functionality through redundant display options, independent of screen size or OS, maintaining essential functions even if one screen fails.

FR3150063A1Pending Publication Date: 2024-12-20FERHAT ZAKARIA
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Patent Information

Application Number
FR2024005047
Authority / Receiving Office
FR · FR
Patent Type
Applications
Current Assignee / Owner
Priority Date
2023-06-14
Filing Date
2024-05-16
Publication Date
2024-12-20

AI Technical Summary

Technical Problem

Smartphones often malfunction due to hardware or software failures, rendering essential functions inaccessible in critical situations such as being in isolated places or during public holidays when repair services are unavailable.

Method used

A smartphone design featuring multiple physical screens on the front and back sides, each potentially with independent interfaces and operating systems, allowing continued functionality even if one screen fails.

Benefits of technology

Ensures uninterrupted access to essential smartphone functions by providing redundant display options, independent of screen size or operating system, and enabling continued use even when one screen is non-functional.

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Abstract

The invention relates to a smartphone (1) having several physical screens on each side. The smartphone has two separate and independent physical screens on its front (3), and the back of the smartphone has two separate and independent physical screens. The invention also applies to a foldable smartphone. The invention relates to a touchscreen (2), a non-touchscreen, a screen (4) with a physical keyboard (5), and any type of screen capable of displaying multimedia data. Figure 1 is shown in the abstract.
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Description

Title of the invention: Smartphone with several screens

[0001] Today, the mobile phone and more precisely the smart mobile phone, that is to say the Smartphone is present everywhere and it is essential in our daily lives.

[0002] The said smartphone allows us to communicate with people all over the world, check our emails, carry out banking transactions, browse the internet, make purchases and carry out administrative procedures online.

[0003] Thanks to the integrated camera, the said smartphone allows us to attend video conferences, visit places, control our house, our store remotely and take photos, videos, and send them to the other side of the world.

[0004] Thanks to the broadband network, the speed of data transmission and reception is faster, which allows us to watch movies, matches and games without interruption.

[0005] Said smartphone has become a multimedia device.

[0006] The said smartphone has become our photo album, our electronic confidant.

[0007] Among the critical situations: - the said smartphone has just fallen to the ground, the screen is broken. - the screen of the said smartphone no longer works, this is a hardware failure. - the screen of the said smartphone no longer displays, it is a software failure, a faulty application or a virus. - etc.

[0008] Because of these critical situations, I can no longer: - attend a videoconference. - send photos and / or videos. - read an important email. - validate an online purchase. - retrieve a phone number from my contacts. - read a map or a geographical position. - etc.

[0009] Among the problems that arise: - I am in an isolated place. - I am in a place where there is no phone repairer. - it's very late or it's a holiday, all the shops are closed. - etc.

[0010] The solution: The device according to the invention makes it possible to overcome this drawback, it is a smartphone comprising several physical screens, that is to say a physical screen on the front side of said smartphone and a physical screen on the back side of said smartphone.

[0011] Said smartphone comprises a physical screen on its front side, that is to say side 1 of said smartphone and said smartphone comprises a physical screen on its back side, that is to say side 2 of said smartphone.

[0012] The front side of said smartphone comprises a physical screen and the back side of said smartphone comprises a physical screen.

[0013] Said smartphone has several SIMs, that is to say several electronic chips, each electronic chip is dedicated to a screen.

[0014] The user of said smartphone ends up with at least four independent physical screens, for example: four different telephone subscriptions, four different and independent interfaces.

[0015] As for the foldable smartphone, there are two separate parts, each part has a front side and a back side, i.e. each part has a side 1 and a side 2. The said foldable smartphone has two sides.

[0016] Said foldable smartphone has at least four faces.

[0017] Said invention also applies to non-smart mobile phones.

[0018] Said invention is independent of the size of the screen.

[0019] Said invention is independent of the operating system which manages the screen of said smartphone.

[0020] Said invention is independent of the chip which stores the data which will be displayed on the screen of said smartphone.

[0021] Said invention also applies to foldable smartphones.

[0022] Said invention applies to: - any kind of screens that can display multimedia data. - a touch screen (2) - a non-touch screen - a screen (4) with physical keyboard (5), that is to say, a keyboard with physical keys

[0023] Said smartphone (1) comprises on its front side (3) and comprises on its back side at least one physical screen selected from the following physical screens: - touch screen (2) - non-touch screen - screen (4) with physical keyboard (5), i.e. with physical keys - any kind of screens that can display multimedia data

[0024] [Fig.l] represents a smartphone (1) comprising on its front side (3) a touch screen (2) and a screen (4) with physical keyboard (5).

[0025] [Fig.2] represents a smartphone (1) comprising on its front side (3) a touch screen (2) and another touch screen (2).

[0026] [Fig.3] represents a smartphone (1) comprising on its front side (3) 1 screen (4) with physical keyboard (5) and another screen (4) with physical keyboard (5).

[0027] [Fig.4] represents a smartphone (1) comprising on its front side (3) a screen (4) with physical keyboard (5) and another touch screen (2).

[0028] With reference to these drawings:

[0029] According to one embodiment, said smartphone (1) comprises a physical screen on its front face (3) and said smartphone comprises a physical screen on its back face.

[0030] According to one embodiment, said smartphone (1) comprises several separate physical screens on its front face (3) and said smartphone comprises several separate physical screens on its back face.

[0031] According to one embodiment, said front face (3) of said smartphone (1) comprises two separate physical screens.

[0032] According to one embodiment, said back face of said smartphone (1) comprises two separate physical screens.

[0033] According to one embodiment, said smartphone (1) comprises a built-in physical screen on its front face (3) and a built-in physical screen on its back face.

[0034] According to one embodiment, said smartphone (1) comprises several physical screens which can be fitted on its front face (3) and several physical screens which can be fitted on its back face.

[0035] According to one embodiment, the physical screens of said smartphone (1) are managed by a single operating system of said smartphone.

[0036] According to one embodiment, the physical screens of said smartphone (1) are managed by different operating systems.

[0037] According to one embodiment, said smartphone is a foldable smartphone.

[0038] According to one embodiment, said foldable smartphone comprises a physical screen on its front side and said foldable smartphone has a physical screen on its back side.

[0039] According to one embodiment, said foldable smartphone comprises at least four faces

[0040] According to one embodiment, said foldable smartphone comprises two independent parts, and each part has a front side having a physical screen and a back side having a physical screen.

[0041] According to one embodiment, said foldable smartphone comprises one or more physical screens that can be fitted on each front side and / or one or more physical screens on each back side.

[0042] According to one embodiment, said smartphone (1) comprises on each face, physical screens of different sizes.

[0043] According to one embodiment, said smartphone (1) comprises on each face, physical screens independent of each other.

[0044] According to one embodiment, said smartphone (1) comprises at least two physical screens.

Claims

Claims

1. Smartphone (1), characterized in that the front side of said smartphone comprises several separate and independent physical screens and that the back side of said smartphone comprises several separate and independent physical screens. Said smartphone comprises several electronic chips. Each of said physical screens is selected from the following physical screens: - touch screen (2) - non-touch screen - screen (4) with physical keyboard (5) - any kind of screens capable of displaying multimedia data

2. Smartphone (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that said smartphone comprises two physical and independent screens on its front face (3) and said smartphone comprises two physical and independent screens on its back face.

3. Smartphone (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that said smartphone accepts one or more physical screens that can be fitted on its front face (3) and said smartphone accepts one or more physical screens that can be fitted on its back face.

4. Smartphone (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that said smartphone comprises on each face physical screens of different sizes.

5. Smartphone (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the physical screens of said smartphone are managed by a single operating system of said smartphone.

6. Smartphone (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the physical screens of said smartphone are managed by different operating systems.

7. Smartphone (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that each chip of said smartphone (1) is dedicated to a screen of said smartphone (1).

8. Smartphone according to claim 1, characterized in that said smartphone is a foldable smartphone.

9. Smartphone according to claim 8, characterized in that said foldable smartphone comprises two independent parts and each part comprises a front face (3) comprising a physical screen and a back face comprising a physical screen.

10. Smartphone (1) according to claim 8, characterized in that said foldable smartphone comprises one or more physical screens that can be fitted on each front face (3) and one or more physical screens on each back face.

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