Patent: It’s good to have ’em. According to Patently Apple, Apple won a core multitouch patent regarding oscillating signals that was alluded to when Steve Jobs first announced the original iPhone in 2007, and adds to the company’s already formidable legal arsenal. The United States Patent and Trademark Office published on Tuesday that the Cupertino, […]
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Per the cool cats at Free Patents Online, Apple is apparently investigating new ways of interacting with devices, such as using hand gestures to navigate and control a video recording system without touching anything. Apple’s interest in hands-off control of a device like an iPhone, iPad or Mac was revealed this week in a new […]
This could be nifty. Per AppleInsider, Apple has shown interest in creating an advanced keyboard that could provide tactile feedback to users through the inclusion of numerous proximity sensors and air vents on individual keys. The concept was revealed this week in a new patent application published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The […]
Via a recently published patent application, Apple has again disclosed plans for a multi-touch surface that could accommodate two full hands and distinguish between palms and individual fingers for typing, gestures and more. According to AppleInsider, the application, filed by Morrison and Foerster LLP in Los Angeles in June 2009 on behalf of Apple, expands […]