“Today, that very same theme continues and goes much further this time around to include what Apple describes as intelligent ‘sense lines,'” Purcher reports. “Sense lines could surround the display of a media player unseen under the multi-touch display glass as an alternative to a physical bezel which was described in Tuesday’s granted patent in context with a tablet.”
“In covering Tuesday’s patent report, Paul Boutin of VentureBeat wondered if Apple’s technology would apply to an iPhone. ‘The clickwheel makes the iPod simple and relaxing to use, rather than fumbling through menus and pressing buttons. I can operate an iPod while jogging. Wish I could say that for my iPhone,'” Purcher reports. “Well, apparently Apple is thinking of doing just that. Though instead of using a virtual click wheel, Apple is proposing touch based sense lines that could control the devices functions like sound or any other menu items that you would traditionally find on a click wheel based menu system. The difference is that you’d be able to find your most valued menu items without scrolling and in one lightning quick click.”
Much more in the full article, along with more and larger patent app illustrations, here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Lava_Head_UK” and “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]