Sony patents touchscreen printer with wireless photo downloads

Sony seems to be speeding fast into the most promising technology of the near future, having patented a photo printer that’ll have a touchscreen user interface and will download photos wirelessly from a digital camera. Based on Microsoft’s Surface concept, the image forming device, as the patent is titled, like the Surface itself, accesses photos from the camera or other compatible imaging devices placed on it.

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The images from the camera on top are displayed as thumbnails on the inkjet-based printer, where on clicking the image is seen in its full size and thereby can be printed. The printer, however, allows the user to crop and edit the photos before printing and also has other basic image adjusting features built in.

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It’s only a patent and nothing's seen made in such a away, but Sony for sure has become an impediment for the Microsoft Surface in its own little way. Let’s wait and watch who gets the tech to our homes faster.

Via: ElectronicPulp/SlashGear