New Apple touch display patent
Topics: brighter, capacitive, display, iphone, ipod touch, laptops, macbook, patent, patently-apple, tablet, thinner, touchscreen, TUAW
Filed under: Hardware , Odds and ends , Apple Patently Apple has the news that Apple has filed for another touchscreen display patent , but here’s the catch: this one’s probably not for a tablet! Or at least, not for the tablet we’re expecting. The patent, which covers the idea of a thinner and brighter touchscreen display by combining the touch and pixel display elements (basically including the capacitive and pixel elements in the same hardware), could actually be used in any …

Originally posted on TUAW 
Related Posts
Apple iPad’s most striking feature, its gorgeous 9.7-inch touchscreen display, uses liquid crystal display technology — but with a few unusual twists — to present a vivid image and a wide viewing angle. “The iPad’s display uses the same capacitive touch screen technology as the iPhone and iPod touch,” says Vinita...
Never say the USPTO doesn’t have impeccable timing: on the eve of Apple’s tablet launch (and on the very day we finally realized that we’ve been looking at the same set of Apple patent images in loosely-related filings since 2004), the Patent Office has granted Apple some 13 patents, including #7,653,883 for a proximity-sensing...
Filed under: Gaming , Hardware , Video The USPTO has published seven different patents from Apple today , including one that might be found in the next generation of the Apple TV. The patent allows for a “Remote Control System that can Distinguish Stray Light Sources” — in other words, a Wii style remote that can pick out a certain...
With Apple tablet rumors mounting and anticipation causing its market share to rise , it looks like there is still more innovation to be uncovered. Apple filed a patent application called “Keystroke Tactility Arrangement on a Smooth Touch Surface” which entails a dynamic surface that changes depending on how a user interacts with it....
Filed under: Apple Corporate Word from Jim Dalrymple at The Loop tonight that Monday brought a new patent lawsuit against Apple… and 17 other tech companies, including Microsoft, Adobe, Autodesk, Sony, Kodak (!) and more. This time, the complaining company, BetaNet, has a 1993 patent that it says covers a “Secure System for Activating...
Filed under: Hardware , Retail , iPod touch Last week, we learned that Apple would be revamping some US retail stores, including a new iPod touch-based point-of-sale (POS) system. A new scanner accessory allows Apple to replace the old Windows CE-based sales handhelds. Gary Allen of ifoAppleStore has given AppleInsider an exclusive look at the...
Uh, um, ok… remember how Steve Jobs called the finger, the “best pointing device in the world” while chiding the stylus? Well, guess he wasn’t lumping handwriting capabilities in with his lambasting if there’s anything to this patent application for recognizing and processing “ink information” from a pen-based...
Filed under: Apple Corporate , Odds and ends , iPhone It’s a festival of lawsuits. This morning Apple has announced it is going after Taiwan based phone giant HTC for infringing on 20 patents concerning the iPhone user interface and the underlying hardware and architecture. The lawsuit was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission...
The $200 touchscreen tablet known as the CrunchPad has morphed into a $500 device called JooJoo. Designed and developed by a Singapore-based company, Fusion Garage, JooJoo is tablet-like device made for internet surfing and little else. Wired.com got some hands-on time with the JooJoo. At 2.4 lbs, JooJoo is a lightweight, slim tablet with a vivid,...
A new Apple patent describes home screen shortcuts to often accessed address book contacts and location-based sharing that lets the device alert you of nearby contacts and temporarily put their shortcuts on your home screen. A patent application titled “Adding a contact to a Home Screen” that emerged in the US Patent & Trademark...
Related Tweets from Twitter
|
NC_News_WBTV (NC_News_WBTV) : NC Headlines: Obama promise: Brighter education futures for kids: President Barack Obama is promising parents and ... http://bit.ly/b8et6B.. Updated : 2010-03-15T05:13:49Z | Reply | View Tweet |
|
WBTV_News (WBTV_News) : Obama promise: Brighter education futures for kids: President Barack Obama is promising parents and their kids tha... http://bit.ly/b8et6B.. Updated : 2010-03-15T05:12:41Z | Reply | View Tweet |
Related News from Digg
-
Why Highly Skilled Immigrants Are Leaving the U.S.
[World News]
New research shows that highly skilled workers are returning home for brighter career prospects and a better quality of life...
1109 Diggs, 468 Comments
-
The Singapore Grand Prix [PICS]
[Motorsport]
Formula One Racing held its 800th race on Sunday in Singapore,with the Singapore Grand Prix - also the first Formula One race held at night. Organizers built, then lined a 5 kilometer track with over 1,600 lamps, said to be four times brighter than those used at football stadiums.
1227 Diggs, 130 Comments
-
Huckabee Falsely Claiming To Have Theology Degree
[US Elections 2008]
The bright lights just keep getting brighter for Mike Huckabee. Now he's being asked about something he told us here at CBN last month. Political producer Robin Mazyck asked him a question about fighting the war on terror and here was his answer: "I'm as strong on terror as anybody. In fact I think I'm stronger than most people because I truly...
1519 Diggs, 158 Comments
-
The Smartest Futurist On Earth, or at least Bill Gates thinks so.
[General Sciences]
If legendary inventor Ray Kurzweil is right, the future will be a lot brighter - and weirder - than you think.
1105 Diggs, 192 Comments
-
Mod a cheap $5 throwaway flashlight into a blinding torch
[Mods]
Reader Kip modded a cheap $5 throwaway flashlight into a blinding torch that's brighter than a $95 fancy pants flashlight. Hit the play button to see how.
3663 Diggs, 125 Comments