“On January 30, 2014, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals a possible future iPad bezel that will allow for gesture and touch input detection through Force Sensing,” Jack Purcher reports for Patently Apple.
“This will allow for virtual buttons to be incorporated right into the iPad’s bezel,” Purcher reports. “Apple first revealed their initial work on force sensors back in July 2013 and various aspects of smart bezels in April and December 2011.”
Much more, including Apple’s patent application illustrations, in the full article here.