Since capacitive touchscreens have existed, there is a problem: these screens, with a glass covering the front panel, are prone to breaking and, incidentally, breaking our hearts. Once the screen breaks, we can do two things: use our broken phone or repair its front panel, which usually means that we will have to spend a lot of money. Apple knows about this problem and for that reason has patented a system that would detect breaks in the screens of your devices.
It is said that half of all smartphone users have seen their screen break at least once in their life, while 21 percent of smartphone users are using it with a broken screen. The new Apple patent is not going to solve these breaks, or not at first, but it would serve to better understand how panels break front of the iPhone, study all cases and improve the design so that the screens of the future are more resistant.
Screen breaks could have their days numbered thanks to this patent
The new patent was made public today, February 17, under the name "Protection glass break detection»And details a system that combines software and a network of sensors that can detect the formation of breaks in the protective glass of a screen. Detection could be done in a number of ways, such as detecting gaps in the screen's touch sensor, sending out vibrations, and detecting defects by analyzing the response, or sending pulses of light through a series of prisms.
This break detection system would be able to differentiate between major cracks or breaks like the one we can see in the image that heads this post at the same time as measuring their depth, length, width and extension. Once a fracture is detected, the device could alert the owner by informing him where the fracture is and whether there has been internal damage. In some cases, the device would ask the user to confirm that there is a break in an area by selecting it with their finger.
As we have mentioned before, the bad thing about this patent is that it does not serve to prevent a breakage, but it does it would help Apple technicians to know where the break is and what is the best way to address the problem. On the other hand, we would also benefit from this patent when buying a future iPhone that, hopefully, was not vulnerable to breakages of this type. Will we see it in the future?
My iPhone 6 Plus has had, with the daily use that I give it, several episodes of screen tearing. Although it seems impossible
He emerged from all impacts. Thanks to the three sheets of tempered glass that I have been removing splinters and placing new ones in multiple impacts and falls, from the beginning. The best solution to protect the screen from all bumps and scratches.