According to a report by the US technology blog AppleInsider, the US Patent and Trademark Office announced on Tuesday the patent for a new touchpad filed by Apple. The patent canceled the push-type touchpad integrated with the “click function†on the Macbook and replaced it. It is four or more force sensors and a regulator that provides tactile feedback.
According to a document published by the US Patent and Trademark Office, the patent is entitled "Touch Panel for Integrated Force Sensors and Haptic Feedback Regulators", which senses the strength of the user's fingers and performs similarly without mechanical action. Pressing and releasing the traditional touchpad.
The push-type integrated touchpad currently used on the Apple MacBook can be pressed to complete the click action. According to Apple's introduction, this design has certain defects. Since the mechanical action of the touchpad is completed by the hinge structure below the rear edge, the user's finger is not directly above the hinge, so the force required to complete the pressing action is completed. It is relatively large, which affects the user experience to a certain extent.
In the new patent, Apple integrates at least four force sensors on the four corners of the touchpad. These sensors are made of nano-scale metal-compatible materials that analyze the pressure of the fingers and issue corresponding commands. To complete the specified operation. This means that the user wants to perform an action through the touchpad, no matter where the finger is on the touchpad, the force generated is basically the same.
At the same time, since these force sensors are located at the four corners of the touch panel, in the future, the user may customize the force triggering action of a certain sensor, and even define it as starting a certain software, which will greatly improve the use of the Macbook. Practical and interesting.
In addition, Apple also considers that this kind of touchpad that does not have mechanical action will cause some old users' discomfort. It integrates a tactile feedback regulator on the touchpad, which can simulate the traditional touch to a certain extent. The pressing action of the template provides mechanical feedback to the user's finger, and even a "click" sound can be emitted through the computer speaker.
It is also reported that Apple submitted this patent application in 2009.
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