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"Wide-screen" trackpad patent filed
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Engadget has a post on a new wide trackpad patent. From the looks of the sketches, it's not usable in current laptop designs as even "ignore while typing" would not be a perfect solution (I could see myself resting my wrists on the pad while thinking of something to type).
My guess is that Apple is thinking of some entirely new laptop layout that would accommodate such a feature. Thoughts?
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built in finger print reconition? possible built in tablet type thing to allow the use of a "pen" to draw/write with?
edit: speakers?
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All I can say is www.fingerworks.com. The company was bought up by an unknown company....
As a fingerworks user, I'm thrilled if this is the case.
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How difficult will it be to type with a design like that? I wouldn't want a trackpad that size without somekind of failsafe.
Which is something they will think about.
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The built in sensors can distinguish between a palm, one finger, two fingers, five fingers etc so the palmrest will still be a palmrest until you move your fingers down on it in a specific way. There is also no need for buttons with this design since gestures provide input options such as single click, double click, rotate, cut, paste, rotate, zoom etc
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This sounds exactly like fingerworks technology. I've been using it for a year and it's amazing stuff. If it could be incorporated into an Apple laptop it would simply be amazing. Cool.
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Another thing I noticed in the patent filing is that they allow for the use of the built-in iSight to watch for gestures. I could see it used for error correction or even a virtual touchpad.
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Originally Posted by TimmyDee51
Another thing I noticed in the patent filing is that they allow for the use of the built-in iSight to watch for gestures. I could see it used for error correction or even a virtual touchpad.
Sweet!! So I can gesture OMG DON'T DO THAT!!!
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