Samsung Patents Tablet Design With Rollable Screen and Smartwatch with Camera

Patent applications show the many creative ideas and directions that manufacturers could adopt in upcoming products. Samsung recently filed two patent applications, describing new designs and features for products that are already available on the market.

The first patent application filed at the USPTO shows a wearable device that resembles a smartwatch, with the exception of a camera in the middle of its circular display. The camera appears to have optical zoom capabilities, which allow it to protrude outside the surface of the display when zooming in. It does look like something from Bond movies, although we doubt it’s that subtle.

Since the smartwatch’s display was replaced by a ca...