James_F
02-01-03, 07:28 PM
Apple has just been issued a patent for the following....
http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=20030002246&OS=20030002246&RS=20030002246
A computing device is disclosed. The computing device includes a housing having an illuminable portion. The computing device also includes a light emitting device disposed inside the housing. The light emitting device is configured to produce a light effect that alters the ornamental appearance of the computing device.
Could the color iMacs be back? Can you imagine a computer that can change its color depending on the users mood?
The patent application sketches a way to change the color of a computer's housing using lights embedded in the case. According to the patent application, the lights alter the "ornamental appearance" of the machine based on the "desires or moods" of the user, what task the computer is performing and other factors.
Titled an "Active enclosure for computing device," the application suggests the computer's case could light up to indicate new e-mail, pulse in time to music or cycle through various luminescent patterns.
The patent was filed on Feb. 13, 2002, and lists Duncan Kerr, a member of Apple's industrial-design team, as the inventor.
http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=20030002246&OS=20030002246&RS=20030002246
A computing device is disclosed. The computing device includes a housing having an illuminable portion. The computing device also includes a light emitting device disposed inside the housing. The light emitting device is configured to produce a light effect that alters the ornamental appearance of the computing device.
Could the color iMacs be back? Can you imagine a computer that can change its color depending on the users mood?
The patent application sketches a way to change the color of a computer's housing using lights embedded in the case. According to the patent application, the lights alter the "ornamental appearance" of the machine based on the "desires or moods" of the user, what task the computer is performing and other factors.
Titled an "Active enclosure for computing device," the application suggests the computer's case could light up to indicate new e-mail, pulse in time to music or cycle through various luminescent patterns.
The patent was filed on Feb. 13, 2002, and lists Duncan Kerr, a member of Apple's industrial-design team, as the inventor.