Today Google was granted a design patent for a new Google Glass design. It's more balanced and capable of blending in the crowd instead of looking like a pirate. It's a design that I think will appeal to a broader range of consumers. The new design would be the same for those with or without prescriptions. Whether this is a new Google Glass design, a revised version or an alternative style is unknown at this time. Though in the bigger picture, it's abundantly clear that Google is well ahead of their competitors in the area of smart optics.
Unlike "patent applications," design patents published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office don't reveal pertinent information about a particular design. We can look at the design and appreciate it for what it projects, but we'll never discover which materials may be used to construct the design. We'll never know what unique internal components may be hidden within the device or learn about any unique features that we could look forward to. All we get is the simple visual of what could be coming down the pipeline.
What we have here today is a new Google Glass Design. It's a more balanced look with two lenses and curved glass from the lens right through to the ear support. No more pirate look to overly standout and danger users from those violently opposed to the concept of Google Glass and it's capability to spy on others.
Google's latest design patent for Google Glass as we've covered in this report shows us that their team is working out the negatives surrounding the original design and are willing to make them more mainstream while retaining their cutting edge appearance.
We posted a report in July titled "A New Google Smart Contact Lens Patent Comes to Light Covering Glucose Testing & Beyond." It was about a new Google patent application relating to smart contact lenses that would include a glucose reader. It was recently licensed to Alcon which is owned by Novartis. As it stands today, Google is enjoying a huge lead in the market in respect to smart optics with Google Glass and future smart contact lenses.
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