“In an effort to make touchscreens less static, Apple has proposed that future iPhones and iPads could feature actuators that would provide haptic feedback to users, and also include sensors that would measure the force at which a user touches the screen,” Neil Hughes reports for AppleInsider.
“The concept was unveiled this week in a patent application discovered by AppleInsider entitled ‘Touch-Based User Interface with Haptic Feedback,'” Hughes reports. “The use of actuators underneath a touchscreen could allow users to actually feel elements on the screen, such as buttons or controls.”
Hughes reports, “Rather than simply vibrating the device when a button is tapped, as some touchscreen devices do, Apple’s solution could utilize piezoelectric actuators for ‘localized haptic feedback.’ This would allow the user to feel a virtual button on their fingertips. Specifically named as products that could benefit from haptic feedback in the application are the iPhone and iPad, as well as the Magic Mouse and Apple’s notebook trackpads.”
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MacDailyNews Take: The company that gets this right first, and patents it, will be sitting pretty for many years.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Fred Mertz” and “Dan K.” for the heads up.]
Future issue of Consumer Reports: “It BURNED! it BURNED! Our iPad 7 shocked and burned our fingers and we drowned it in water and declared it witchcraft!”
Isn’t this exactly what Senseg does?
My thoughts exactly.
Any tablet without this touch-feedback interface will be hapless?
SAMSUNG had this feature FIRST
APPLE places the DICTATION function EXACTLY where SAMSUNG does
I wasn’t arguing about who had it first, I was making a pun.
And WHY all the SHOUTING about WHERE Apple or Samsung place their DICTATION function? Relax. You’ll live longer.
sorry
+∞
Haptic 2.0, I can’t wait!
Apple patents thing before they are in use only when these are subject of research that either will be used in quite a time from now, or will be not be used at all.
Haptic watch begins now. BLN will love it on his iPad when visiting sites of questionable repute. Virtual porn? Perfect…
BLN?
MDN – “The company that gets this right first, and patents it, will be sitting pretty for many years.”
We will hope so — but in all other cases – it hasn’t happened – no patent Apple has filed in defence of its IP has truly helped yet.
The patents on Multi-Touch for a mobile operating system should not be allowed to be copied. Slide to Unlock another those basic few things should force – Android to end development; wouldn’t we think?
They’re still sitting pretty.
the competition is on Apples ass… sitting pretty is sitting stupid
need more then protect the IP – protect the entire invention of the Smartphone as Apple has really provided far more to the game here… yet the competition has caught up.
Siri was said to be 1 year ahead and they ain’t any more.
Here is my beef… the Apple I cared about – was passionate about innovation and making a huge difference – changing the world. Not about the lawsuits and stock market.
Steve left use with some amazing devices. Yet all that has happened is upgrades and revisions. Great improvements.
Jobs got his wish… the world has chanced thanks to Apple…
To only keep that memory alive is not enough…
Kill Android if it truly is stolen.
If not, the competition is doing great work also then at prices far more reasonable then Apple is. With so much earnings on iOS you think they have more options of Phones. No the option is to buy a old dead model.
APPLE is looking pretty yeah that is about all.
wow. you think pretty shallow or with your willie.
apple is not perfect.
who is.
but apple still pushes boundaries more than any.
apple is not an inventor.
they redefine things. for the better.
no one else does.
everyone wishes to kill apple.
but flops.
they focus on hardware gadgetry.
who cares.
apple focuses on synergy, ubiquity, smooth functionality.
that matters.
all else is noise, junk.
what did the world gain from open-source, really?
adobe flash? it’s not open. plus it hogs cpu like nothing else.
pdf? it’s not really free.
google docs? it’s ugly, rudimentary.
etc.
don’t just insult apple.
if you can find a better solution,
if you are rich yourself from your big brilliant thoughts,
then talk.
don’t regurgitate.
think. different.
lead. don’t follow.