Despite smartphone batteries greatly improving over the last couple of years, it is still a primary cause for concern on a long day. But with devices becoming more slimmer, accessories like power banks have also become more common. However, Samsung might have a different and more innovative idea for charging devices on the go.
A recent patent filing by the South Korean tech giant has revealed that the company might be working on a new wireless charger that can top up smartphones and it isn’t anything like the ones the company has sold in the past. This one arrives as a ring, which is powered by the movement of the user. To explain the device in brief, it is not a small emergency battery to charge one’s phone with, rather, it uses a magnetic disc inside the ring which movers around when the users’ hand is in motion.
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This process generates electricity, making the tiny product a mini generator of sorts. But this not the whole picture either, as the device is also capable of transferring heat from the users’ body to generate into electricity apart from just using kinetic energy alone. According to a PhoneArena report, Samsung plans on having the device hold a small battery to store the generated electricity before charging your smartphones.
Charging your device is another interesting aspect of this patent, as the user will not be plugging in the device through the USB port. Rather, the handset will be charged wireless when one is using their device normally. This would mean that your finger must be in the position above where the wireless charging coils are housed to charge the phone. Keep in mind, this is still just a patent and we may never actually see the product being made for the commercial market, but it does offer a glimpse into possible future electronic accessories.
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