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Apple's New Touchscreen Technology
The US patent and trademark office this morning published a patent revealing some of Apple’s grand designs for significant innovations in their already impressive touchscreen technology. The application boasts crisper, brighter displays but most surprisingly talks about a touchscreen device that recognises when you touch the side of the device.
The patent boils down to three key innovations:
- The touchscreen is able to detect when you touch the sides on top of the screen
Each iPhone or iSlate would include metal traces in the border of each device. This could be used to create actions when specific hand movements are made on the side of the device. One practical application of this might be that your iPhone automatically unlocks when you take it out of your pocket.
- Smarter screens
In-plane switching, or IPS as it’s better known, was developed by Hitachi in the 1990’s. IPS addresses the problem of not being able to view the screen properly when viewing it from certain angles. This will essentially enable optimal viewing of an iPhone or iSlate device from any angle.
- Thinner screens
The patent also seeks to address merging an LCD screen with a touch screen to converge as one seamless device.
This is some fairly serious technology that Apple is proposing and represents the nest steps in the evolution of the iPhone and iSlate. If you are able to provide any insight into the patent drawings provided, please feel free to leave a comment.
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