This time, it’s with transparent touchscreens. Patent Bolt looks to have stumbled upon the latest evolutionary idea in the form of a patent from Samsung that describes touch controls extending to the backside of devices with transparent displays. The electronics giant demonstrates how back touch could be useful on a transparent device, including the ability to open applications or control a video without obscuring the display. Samsung’s invention relates to providing an object control method based on input such as touches on a front side, a rear side, and both sides of a device including a transparent display, the device, and a computer readable recording medium thereof.With this new innovation, users will be able to for instance see a video playing on a smartphone with a transparent display. While there have been rumors of iPhones with transparent displays, Apple has not demonstrated visibly any plans to roll out see-through iPhones anytime soon. However, for Samsung, it wouldn’t be too surprising to see the company release not just a curved smartphone,but a Galaxy with curved see-through screen at some point over the next few years. Image: intomobile
