MultiTouch patents point to large-panel Apple touchscreens

November 23rd, 2007 | Category: iPhone

We’re big fans of MultiTouch here at MY iTablet, and it looks like Apple feels the same way.  Three patents first filed shortly after the iPhone’s US launch indicate that the technology is developing from the small-scale screens of their cellphone and its iPod Touch cousin into something more suitable for larger displays.  Unlike the current

touchscreen, which can recognise multiple finger contact-points, the new patents describe a touch-panel that can recognise a full hand in contact, soon after filter out the palm and track the finger movements and gestures.

 

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