Apple patent watch: The iPhone that lands like a cat

But for Patent Application No. 20130073095, published Thursday and spotted by AppleInsider‘s Mikey Campbell, we’ll make an exception.

It describes a sensor-and-microprocessor system that can detect when an iPhone or iPad is falling and shift the device’s center of balance so that it doesn’t land on its most fragile parts.

Diagrams below courtesy of AppleInsider.