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macrumors.com - 7/2/2009

Haptic Feedback, Fingerprint Identification, and RFID Tag Readers in Future iPhones?

— macrumors.com — Apple has let loose a number of revealing new patent applications that cover some interesting technologies that... could be used in future iPhones. Haptic Tactile Feedback Perhaps most interesting amongst the patent appli... (more) Haptic Feedback, Fingerprint Identification, and RFID ...

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New Apple patents include haptic feedback, fingerprint ID and RFID tag readers
Boy Genius Report — A trio of Apple patent applications unearthed this morning may help shed some light on future features and functionality headed to a new crop of iPhones. Then again we all know how easy it is for patents to lead absolutely nowhere. The first and most notable of the bunch is a haptic feedback concept employing a “grid of piezoelectronic actuators” that combine to form a fully tactile touchscreen. In theory, the device could vibrate these actuators in different combinations and at different frequencies to provide a variety of tactile responses. Interesting as it may be, this isn’t the first apple patent to cover a haptic feedback solution for a touchscreen — another notable concept came in late 2007 and has yet to bear fruit. ...

New Apple patents include tactile/haptic feedback, fingerprint ID and RFID tag readers
Boy Genius Report — A trio of Apple patent applications unearthed this morning may help shed some light on future features and functionality headed to a new crop of iPhones. Then again we all know how easy it is for patents to lead absolutely nowhere. The first and most notable of the bunch is a haptic feedback concept employing a “grid of piezoelectronic actuators” that combine to form a fully tactile touchscreen. In theory, the device could vibrate these actuators in different combinations and at different frequencies to provide a variety of tactile responses. Interesting as it may be, this isn’t the first apple patent to cover a haptic feedback solution for a touchscreen — another notable concept came in late 2007 and has yet to bear fruit. ...

Apple Looks At New iPhone Features.
I4U News — ... out for an iPhone screen that features haptic feedback technology. This haptic screen consists of a bunch of piezoelectronic actuators that all emit different frequencies, which lets the developers program them to mimic the feel of different surfaces. Supposedly, this would let Apple simulate a trackball on the screen that feels so real you can find it without looking. It doesn't end at the awesome haptic screen either. A fingerprint identification input method has also been submitted. This wouldn't be primarily for security purposes though. Apple wants to tie certain ...

Patentes de iPhone: app de Karaoke, reconocimiento de huellas digitales y nuevo feedback háptico
Celularis — Antes de empezar a contarles de que se tratan estas nuevas patentes de iPhone les advierto que lo mejor es no emocionarse mucho con lo que prometen para no quedar decepcionados luego si bien pueden ser muy útiles para saber que anda pasando por la cabeza de la gente de Apple. Como se darán cuenta, la primer imagen corresponde a la patente de una aplicación de Karaoke para iPhone así que no hay mucho para entrar en detalles ya que por la foto se imaginarán como funciona pero si quieren más información pueden ver el documento completo. Lo más interesante llega con en la segunda foto donde vemos un sistema de reconocimiento de huellas digitales cuyo nombre de ...

Apple Files Touchscreen-Related Patent Applications
TechWeb — ... . Apple on Thursday also submitted two other patent applications, one for technology to detect fingerprints and the other for a radio-frequency ...