Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and VP Greg Heart have patented an idea to protect dropped phones from damage using airbags.
A patent filing discovered by The Register details:
A method for protecting a portable device that includes an airbag deployable from a side of the portable device, comprising: detecting that the portable device will impact a surface; prior to impact with the surface, determining if a risk of damage to the portable device from the impact exceeds a damage threshold; when the risk of damage to the portable device exceeds the damage threshold: altering the orientation of the portable device such that the air bag first impacts the surface; and deploying the airbag prior to impact with the surface.
Variations on this concept using airbags, springs, and thrusters as the protection system are also detailed in the filing.
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A patent filing discovered by The Register details:
A method for protecting a portable device that includes an airbag deployable from a side of the portable device, comprising: detecting that the portable device will impact a surface; prior to impact with the surface, determining if a risk of damage to the portable device from the impact exceeds a damage threshold; when the risk of damage to the portable device exceeds the damage threshold: altering the orientation of the portable device such that the air bag first impacts the surface; and deploying the airbag prior to impact with the surface.
Variations on this concept using airbags, springs, and thrusters as the protection system are also detailed in the filing.
Read More [via TheRegister] [via TNW]