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Patent: Dynamic Ornamental Appearance

Finally got to see the images. What the heck is that? You'd figure Apple could have drawn something a little less "third grade". Does Apple have an iMac with Illustrator or something laying around to produce some decent drawings? Geez...

Maybe it'll be some new enclosures that'll knock the socks off all those neon light, see through, dancing cheecky monkey PC's.
Not too usefull though.
 
To everyone saying this can't be an Apple patent due to poor grammar and bad layout, it is. Most patents are horribly layed out, or so they appear to people not used to viewing patents.

As for "Apple Computers" I would be very surprised if this were a fake as it would be very illegal to impersonate a corporation like this.
 
Originally posted by Akira
Some of you guys are posting that it could be used to show if new e-mails have arrived or you're being called or whatever on the case of the device.

Let me tell you that this isn't anything new. Some Dutch student made a lava-lamp kinda thing that lights up in different colours when e-mail arrives. The more e-mails you receive the brighter the light, and when you get mail from a certain person the light will be a different colour...

Ah well, If Apple will hire the guy, we'll know what they're up to ;)
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True, and I saw a Fresh Gear on Tech TV where a shop does awesome mods on
cell phones that end up looking like something like Close Encounters "TOYS".

But, Apple has great industrial designers who can take that idea and turn it into
a Museum of Modern Art candidate.

I posted , when FP iMac first came out, that internal lights could make the dome appear to rotate --- like the Mother Ship in Close Encounters.

Also, subtle watercolor-like washes of deep purple on a black carbon fiber & glass
body and a throbing, purple apple logo would make for a GORGEOUS NightOwl machine for nocturnal hackers et al.... Ever see the opalescent depth of an olympic class archery bow's stabilizer rod ? It's like looking into a storm. Maybe the TV ad could feature a voice-over of She Walks In Beauty Like The Night ....?

ANOTHER IDEA --- imagine a SUPER KEYBOARD (bluetooth) whose keys change color schemes according to whether you are using Final Cut Pro, or MAYA, or
LightWave 3D or iMovie, iWHATEVER , etc... with keyboard shortcuts throbing in various hues and having multiple labels for each key to multiply the functions of each key -- the labels would change with each hue shift. Like a Hammond organ, it could
even teach us how to do various macro's etc.

I think all external buttons and switches could be thus eliminated for that clean look Apple likes, AND STILL KEEP THE FUNCTIONALITY of a ugly box.
toggle the various keyboard "KeyCaps" on or off right at the keyboard, etc...

---gooddog
 
Originally posted by gooddog

imagine a SUPER KEYBOARD (bluetooth) whose keys change color schemes according to whether you are using Final Cut Pro, or MAYA, or
LightWave 3D or iMovie, iWHATEVER , etc... with keyboard shortcuts throbing in various hues and having multiple labels for each key to multiply the functions of each key -- the labels would change with each hue shift. Like a Hammond organ, it could
even teach us how to do various macro's etc.

I think all external buttons and switches could be thus eliminated for that clean look Apple likes, AND STILL KEEP THE FUNCTIONALITY of a ugly box.
toggle the various keyboard "KeyCaps" on or off right at the keyboard, etc...

---gooddog
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Anyone else already willing to stand in line to buy this?
Just the idea of a FCP key layout switchable to the Lightwave or MAYA hint layout would be a postproduction dream. I've got two keyboard set up right now for that very reason - too confusing otherwise.
 
Why can't I see the images?!!!!!

Am I the only one who can't see the image files on the website??????:mad:
 
Re: This patent is invalid.

Originally posted by cubist
If the Patent Office grants this patent, it will just be the latest their stupidity at granting patents for obvious things with well-known prior art.

For example, I can recall reading about automobiles with color-changing paint at least 20 years ago.
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Patent laws are VERY tricky.

Auto paints were based on refraction effects.

This is an active source using transmissive effects.

A mere color change of the hemisphere is not enough
IMHO for Apple to go into production with. There must be
some texture or imaging to go with it, if it is the base we are
talking about here.

And the patent claims make it clear that this is no mere ornamental
flair like a Victrola iMAc with bubbles--- there is content in the light show.

Maybe something for Universal Access ...

Else, it must be an ACTIVE keyboard as I posted above, or
an iPhone or iPod function where the same old point sources of light
indicators would be replaced by whole surface displays like the
way a cuttlefish displays with the chromaphores on it's amazing skin.



And here now, the iSquid :)



---gooddog

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I always felt the iMac's Apple logo should BE the power button ...
only ... touch sensitive. And the leaf is for the LCD .
 
Re: WTF

Originally posted by robrash
I don't understand what all the latin text means but the drawing has me excited :D
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Wait ! I used to be a jesuit ....

As I sound it out, it means --

a witchy goddess of epic-tale origin who is w-a-t-e-r-p-r-o-o-f and
thus she must be wearing a ... macintosh !!!!
By Jove ! I knew there would be a connection !

This is clearly a reference to the magic of Apple's industrial design !


Elementary my dear Watson/Sherlock nudge, nudge ....

---gooddog
(caninus-confusidas)
 
Originally posted by Durandal7
To everyone saying this can't be an Apple patent due to poor grammar and bad layout, it is. Most patents are horribly layed out, or so they appear to people not used to viewing patents.

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I agree.

We must remember that patent claims in this industry are SUPPOSED
to cover all the bases that a competitor may try to steal, while revealing
little as possible of the actual product or process being developed.

The exact form factor etc. will not be the central issue in any defense of
the patent --- it is the core idea that can be defended.

So , only a crude diagram is best if it suffices (like a new car model disguised
against the papparazzi , by fake, boxy attachments).


---gooddog
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.. from reading the examples given at the bottom of the patent the case is going to change colours dynamically.. so itunes visuals will effect the whole case not just the display area...cool..
 
my take.

think of what apple already has to offer and combine, my friends.

> the iApps

> lcd displays

> inkwell

> rendezvous

it could be like a "frame". it could be a dynamic photo album.

the pictures would be in a slideshow.

it could show the itunes "light thingy".

it could be a "presentation thingy". draw on an "iTablet" and with rendezvous or bluetooth or whatever they would call the technology, the thing drawn will be seen.

it could be used in info-kiosks. to show ads.
 
Ipod Visuals?

Is it for a way of incorporating iTunes like visuals into an iPod .... make it 'light to the music?'
 
This seems to refer to something of the vintage of the Quicktake 100 (RIP: got mine still!) and mentions storage on floppy disk :confused: What is the relevance here? The words "Wild", "Goose" and "Chase" spring to mind....:rolleyes:
 
Originally posted by skunk
This seems to refer to something of the vintage of the Quicktake 100 (RIP: got mine still!) and mentions storage on floppy disk :confused: What is the relevance here? The words "Wild", "Goose" and "Chase" spring to mind....:rolleyes:
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Yeah,

to get visualizer effects on the iPod, you need a hi-def LCD screen -- not just a few LED's ----

MAYBE ONE OF THOSE NEW PROJECTED KEYBOARDS FOR THE IPOD ---
SEEN'EM ? AN IMAGE OF A KEYBOARD IS PROJECTED ONTO THE TABLETOP
THEN IR SENSORS DETECT YOUR FINGERS ON THE KEYBOARD ... IT'S ON TECHTV
The iPod could use that for extended functions ...
 
New TiBook?

..or maybe it is new TiBook surface. That would be a nice feature: chancing "covers" like in mobile phones. A really nice feature.

Do I wanna pay for it 10% more: naah.
 
For education labs?

The images that seem to show a monitor's case change color in response to what is happening onscreen would have a certain degree of benefit in a school computer lab where...inappropriate...material is prohibitted. It would be much harder to play a game or surf an adult site if the teacher could see what your display was displaying from the front of the room.

Even if it was only changing the case appearance to a different solid color based upon email activity, network activity, or flagged application use, this would still be an interesting tool for a teacher.

RL
 
Things this could be used for -

1)The rim of the slot-loaded drive glows when a disc is inserted, changes color when the disc is reading. Changes color again when the disc is writing.

2) An ipod cradle that looks white, but when you put the iPod in it, a status bar appears under the surface that tells you how much longer the sync will take. Or the charge. Ditto for laptop charge.

3) I like the idea of a keyboard with keys that change for different programs, but I think that will wait till OLEDs get cheap in 5 years. But I may be wrong.
 
We already have that in for instance the iBook's power socket, pulsing sleep lights, backlit Apple logo. This is hardly revolutionary OR patentable: lots of chargers change from red to green light when charging is complete. Frankly anything more than coloured LEDs to show status seems over the top...especially in a portable appliance where battery life is at a premium....
 
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