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Samsung patents wheeled monitor that moves itself when screens connect

Samsung has filed a patent for a display device equipped with wheels and motors on its base. When an external screen connects to the main unit, a control system adjusts the motors to automatically reposition the displays based on how they are being used.

Why it mattersThis could make multi-monitor setups easier to arrange without manual lifting or sliding, though it remains a concept rather than a confirmed product.

In the filing’s own words

A display device including a housing on which a display is mountable; at least one connection unit arrangeable on at least one side of the housing; a plurality of wheels to be disposed on lower ends of both sides of the housing; a plurality of motors to rotate the plurality of wheels, respectively; and a control unit. Based on at least one external display device being connected to the housing through the at least one connection unit, the control unit may control at least one motor among the plurality of motors according to the operational state of the entire display device, including both the display device and the at least one external display device. Accordingly, the arrangement of the display devices may be automatically changed.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A display device, comprising: a housing on which a display is mountable; at least one connection unit arrangeable on at least one side of the housing; a plurality of wheels to be disposed on lower ends of both sides of the housing different from the at least one side on which the at least one connection unit is arranged; a plurality of motors configured to respectively rotate the plurality of wheels; and a control unit to: based on at least one external display device being connected to the housing through the at least one connection unit, control at least one motor among the plurality of motors according to an operational state of all display devices, including both the display device and the at least one external display device.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
Publication number
US20260268811A1
Application number
19656544
Filed
Apr 23, 2026
Published
Sep 10, 2026
Inventors
13
Claims
20

Classified under

G09F 9/3026 Physics & computingF16M 11/041 Mechanical engineeringF16M 11/08 Mechanical engineeringG09F 17/00 Physics & computing
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