"InkCase Plus" which can drastically reduce battery consumption by displaying the screen of the smartphone on the E Ink adoption screen

One of the most battery-consuming actions on smartphones is display display. However, display contents can be displayed without consuming power at all "E InkBy carefully switching to the display, you can greatly increase the battery usage time and further improve the information accessibility to smartphones.InkCase Plus"is.

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You can understand what kind of Hardware InkCase Plus is in one shot by watching the following movie.


The secondary display "InkCase Plus" of the smartphone is attached to the handlebar of the bicycle. Since InkCase Plus is a waterproof compatible all-weather display, it can be used outdoors on rainy days.


Since InkCase Plus is a display adopting E Ink, visibility is outstanding even in bright places, like electronic books such as Kindle. Since E Ink does not consume battery except when rewriting the display contents, InkCase Plus can display the screen content of the smartphone without power consumption.


InkCase Plus is a special case and can be integrated with a smartphone. Also, you can synchronize what you can display with your smartphone in real time. For example, let's display the navigation screen ......


Display edited photo images immediately on InkCase Plus ......



Since you can notify the incoming phone call, turning off the screen of the smartphone can greatly reduce battery consumption.



Show recipe ......


Displaying textbooks such as displaying e-books is better than smartphones because it uses E Ink.


Also, photos taken with smartphone camera ......


Just by closing the case cover, it can be displayed as wallpaper.


With InkCase Plus you can operate the music player app without worrying about the battery consumption of the smartphone ......


Show reminders ......


Show e-ticket ......


You can check the display indistinctly so that it does not cause annoyance to the surroundings in dark places such as movie theaters.


Since InkCase Plus connects using Bluetooth, it is possible to use InkCase Plus for smartphones equipped with Bluetooth function.


Because E Ink adoption outdoor visibility is overwhelming compared with smartphones.


We realize continuous display time which is nearly 5 times higher than anything else in a smartphone.


Thanks to overwhelming energy savings, even if smartphone information is displayed all the time, it is possible to constantly access the latest information that changes with the moment while keeping the battery consumption of the smartphone to the utmost.


InkCase Plus itself is a hardware of this size, it can also be used alone while using the Bluetooth communication function. The display size is 3.5 inches (360 x 600), with a 500 mAh battery, weighs 45 g.


If you use the attachment case "FitCase", you can use it on the second screen in a state integrated with the smartphone ...


It can be used as a sub screen for continuous display.


InkCase Plus is a case built-in for smartphones already released E Ink display "InkCaseNew model of. While the old case of InkCase corresponded only to some smartphones such as iPhone 5 · Galaxy Note 2, while InkCase Plus replaced FitCase corresponding to various smartphones, it was possible to use cases on every smartphone The point that it became possible has been greatly improved.

SDK · API is provided for InkCase Plus dedicated Android application developers.


InkCase Plus aims at commercialization Currently, Cloud Funding siteKickstarterWhen we solicited a capital contribution of 100,000 dollars (about 10.1 million yen) as the target investment amount, we already got $ 180,000 (about 18.3 million yen) at the time of writing articles leaving 23 days until the deadline I will.

In the InkCase Plus project, with a contribution of 99 dollars (about 10,000 yen), a black InkCase Plus main body and a FitCase for Galaxy S5 or a special pouch are invested by 109 dollars (about 11,000 yen) and a white InkCase Plus main body You can get a FitCase for Galaxy S5 or a special pouch for each one of white and black InkCase Plus main body with a contribution of 199 dollars (about 20,200 yen) and FitCase for Galaxy S5 or a special pouch. Also, Kickstarter page andFacebook PageWe will develop a specialized FitCase for smartphones with over 500 development request comments gathered.

The deadline for investing in the InkCase Plus project is Japan time, which is until August 14, 2014, 9:58 pm.

InkCase Plus: E Ink screen for Android phone by OAXIS INC. - Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/378232716/inkcase-plus-e-ink-screen-for-android-phone