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04-19-2016, 03:28 PM
Apple has been granted a patent today for an invention that enables a touchpad or touch surface to simulate textures like cool metal and hot cement.
The patent, originally filed in 2013 and called "Touch Surface for Simulating Materials" (via Patently Apple (http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2016/04/apples-wins-patent-for-advancing-touch-surfaces-to-simulate-textures-and-temperatures.html)), appears in a ****** of 62 others published today by the U.S. Patent and Trademark ******, and includes details on the mechanisms that would allow the touchpad to vibrate and change temperature.
http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-19-at-11.51.20.jpg
An "actuator" would allow at least a part of the surface to vibrate and simulate the tactile sensation of the texture, with rougher surfaces simulated by stronger vibrations. By varying the vibrations over time in response to a finger moving over the touch surface, the control actuator would even be able to simulate irregular textures such as wood *****.
In combination with the actuator, a temperature control device could control the heat or coolness of the glass touch surface relative to the temperature of the detected contact. In one example, a layer of diamond material in the touch surface provides extremely high thermal conductivity, exceptional wear resistance and optical transparency.
As with any filed patent, the tech**logy is unlikely to appear in any product soon, if at all. But it does offer some insight into Apple's ideas about how it might in**vate upon haptic tech**logy in its devices with simulated touch.
Last-minute rumors prior to the release of the third-generation iPad in 2012 suggested that the device could include haptic tech**logy that would give on-screen objects texture (http://www.macrumors.com/2012/03/07/ipad-3-to-include-haptic-display-tech**logy-to-provide-on-screen-textures/), but the feature never appeared.
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The patent, originally filed in 2013 and called "Touch Surface for Simulating Materials" (via Patently Apple (http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2016/04/apples-wins-patent-for-advancing-touch-surfaces-to-simulate-textures-and-temperatures.html)), appears in a ****** of 62 others published today by the U.S. Patent and Trademark ******, and includes details on the mechanisms that would allow the touchpad to vibrate and change temperature.
http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-19-at-11.51.20.jpg
An "actuator" would allow at least a part of the surface to vibrate and simulate the tactile sensation of the texture, with rougher surfaces simulated by stronger vibrations. By varying the vibrations over time in response to a finger moving over the touch surface, the control actuator would even be able to simulate irregular textures such as wood *****.
In combination with the actuator, a temperature control device could control the heat or coolness of the glass touch surface relative to the temperature of the detected contact. In one example, a layer of diamond material in the touch surface provides extremely high thermal conductivity, exceptional wear resistance and optical transparency.
As with any filed patent, the tech**logy is unlikely to appear in any product soon, if at all. But it does offer some insight into Apple's ideas about how it might in**vate upon haptic tech**logy in its devices with simulated touch.
Last-minute rumors prior to the release of the third-generation iPad in 2012 suggested that the device could include haptic tech**logy that would give on-screen objects texture (http://www.macrumors.com/2012/03/07/ipad-3-to-include-haptic-display-tech**logy-to-provide-on-screen-textures/), but the feature never appeared.
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