Apple patent application reveals more projector possiblities, including a projector-equipped laptop

We’ve already seen about a patent applications that suggest Apple is in any case mulling over the premise of using projectors for one purpose or another, and another newly published one has now offered a piece more fodder for speculation. Described as a “display system having coherent and incoherent light sources,” the patent application means that the projector could be laser-based, and be both cheaper and more power efficient than conventional light projectors, while also overcoming the so-called “speckle” problem sometimes seen with laser projectors. What’s perhaps finest, however, is that the patent application also suggests the projector may be integrated into other devices — really, one of many claims specifically mentions a laptop with an integrated projector, as artfully illustrated above.