{"id":56457,"date":"2023-10-31T09:59:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T09:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/filed-patent-for-new-dual-screen-system"},"modified":"2024-07-19T08:09:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T08:09:26","slug":"filed-patent-for-new-dual-screen-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/nintendo\/filed-patent-for-new-dual-screen-system","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Seemingly Filed Patent For New Dual-Screen System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo is no stranger to a dual-screen console system. We only have to look back to the Nintendo DS family of consoles to see their success. But it seems that the company filed a patent for another dual-screen system, this time with screens that can be split into two.<\/p>\n<p>The application was shared via the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/patentscope.wipo.int\/search\/en\/detail.jsf?docId=WO2023203801\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Intellectual Property Organisation<\/a> website, and was spotted first by <a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/nintendo-patent-detachable-dual-screen-gaming-device\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-target=\"true\">GameRant<\/a> and then posted via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resetera.com\/threads\/gamerant-nintendo-patents-dual-screen-gaming-device-that-can-be-split-in-half.779426\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-target=\"true\">ResetEra<\/a>. The application suggests that the top and bottom screens can be used separately and independantly, unlike the Nintendo DS systems.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-figure\" contenteditable=\"false\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%;\" contenteditable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/4-Ql1HcHc4HAXG08pc7AlQVKz-Wnh19bXHAjCQWxoz8\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2lueC50di91cGxvYWRzMi9OaW50ZW5kby9GaWxlZCUyMFBhdGVudC9uaW50ZW5kbyUyMHBhdGVudC5wbmc\" alt=\"nintendo%20patent.png\" width=\"1024\" height=\"858\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption contenteditable=\"false\">The images filed with the patent seem to suggest that, when closed, a screen is still visible from the outside. (Picture: Nintendo, via WIPO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the patent application, &#8220;The first device and the second device can be detachably attached to each other. The first device has a first surface, and a first display and a first connection unit which are positioned on the first surface. The second device has a second surface, a second display that is positioned on the second surface, a second rear surface that is on the reverse side from the second surface, and a second connection unit that is positioned on the second rear surface.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-figure\" contenteditable=\"false\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%;\" contenteditable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/oXeCrQps-pmzj25gxuE98rpis04nx4s_-9QI1iKL_bM\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2lueC50di91cGxvYWRzMi9OaW50ZW5kby9GaWxlZCUyMFBhdGVudC9uaW50ZW5kbyUyMHBhdGVudCUyMDIucG5n\" alt=\"nintendo%20patent%202.png\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption contenteditable=\"false\">(Picture: Nintendo, via WIPO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nintendo fans have been anxiously awaiting news of a new system, namely the Nintendo Switch 2, but this patent application from last year doesn&#8217;t guarantee that this system will come to life. The patent application is merely a concept, and Nintendo has filed plenty of them in the past for systems that have never seen the light of day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That said, it&#8217;s been reported that certain developers were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/nintendo\/switch-2-release-date-price-news\">shown a version of Nintendo&#8217;s next console<\/a> at Gamescom earlier this year, so a new system could be on the way.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo is no stranger to a dual-screen console system. 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