Apple Awarded Patent Detailing Unique Curved Touch Sensor

[Synthetic]

Is their a purpose to a curved phone or is it just supposed to look cool?

 

[Tech198]

Curved anything most like it...

It its a curved shape,, Apple wants it....

To curved touch sensors to match the "curved phone" haha..

I got a better idea. stay away from the hurd...... that's different....

I just wish the term "Think different" actually means something now-a-days.

 

[bpcookson]

With curved smartphones coming out from Samsung, LG, and who knows else, I'm curious to know whether they are infringing or otherwise licensing this patent.

License, innovate, or simply infringe, right?

 

[Tech198]

Knowing Apple, they would infringe first, then complain later.

 

[Konrad9]

How is this something you're allowed to patent?

 

[apacheflex]

iWatch anyone?

This is so funny! I heard since day 1 that Apple hired Adobe's CTO Kevin Lynch as VP Technology for a hush hush watch product, now this patent. Well, we know where they got the idea from, check out this 3 years old video from Adobe for Flash: http://vimeo.com/7351777

 

[springsup]

Or it could just be this: http://www.apple.com/magicmouse/

Almost certainly.

Look at how much wrangling Apple have done over the iPhone's screen size; they're not just going to slap a curved display on it just because marketing says it's a differentiator.

That's just not how Apple rolls. If it doesn't make sense, they don't do it. When was the last time Apple came out with a product that didn't make sense?

 

[vartanarsen]

How can they be awarded a patent when Nokia N9, Lumia 800,900????

 

[JoeRito]

I don't see a lot of practical uses for this outside of a few niche gaming situations.

 

[mrxak]

Almost certainly.

Look at how much wrangling Apple have done over the iPhone's screen size; they're not just going to slap a curved display on it just because marketing says it's a differentiator.

That's just not how Apple rolls. If it doesn't make sense, they don't do it. When was the last time Apple came out with a product that didn't make sense?

The new Mac Pro being a cylinder. Totally nonsensical.

But you're not wrong. This curved screen thing will not be on an iPhone. It may be on a iWatch. I doubt it'll be on a magic mouse since Apple wants everyone to use a touchpad now.

 

[EvilQueen]

So wait...apple wants to patent curved glass?

 

[kdarling]

So wait...apple wants to patent curved glass?

Close. It's thin glass with a circuit pattern on it before it's molded into a curved shape.

Which begs the question of how everyone else does it now. Just bend it? Add the circuit pattern after molding? Use another method than annealing?

 

[springsup]

The new Mac Pro being a cylinder. Totally nonsensical.

The cylinder design makes sense - it's part of the thermal architecture of the machine. This allows the machine to be much more efficient at cooling, which in turn allows it to be smaller and quieter; similarly-specced machines are much larger and louder.

Close. It's thin glass with a circuit pattern on it before it's molded into a curved shape.

Which begs the question of how everyone else does it now. Just bend it? Add the circuit pattern after molding? Use another method than annealing?

They tend to use plastic rather than glass.