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Author:  paulzolo [ Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:05 pm ]
Post subject:  Apple patent for touch screen stylus
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Apple may be working on a stylus for the touch-screens on its iOS devices, according to a patent published today by the USPTO.

http://www.macuser.co.uk/8830-uspto-pub ... #more-8830

And there I was thinking that Apple was against such things. Mind you, given that even Adobe are jumping on the stylus bandwagon, Apple probably feels that it has to respond in some fashion.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:19 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Apple patent for touch screen stylus
Big tech companies patent lots of things they never actually end up selling.
Author:  jonlumb [ Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:38 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Apple patent for touch screen stylus
Given the issue of patent trolls (especially in America) you'd have to consider them [LIFTED] nuts to not patent everything they could, regardless of whether they have any intention of selling / using it at the time.
Author:  big_D [ Fri Mar 21, 2014 7:43 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Apple patent for touch screen stylus
Don't WACOM already have a patent for this, when not, then donkey's years of prior art... :?
Author:  jonbwfc [ Fri Mar 21, 2014 8:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Apple patent for touch screen stylus
big_D wrote:
Don't WACOM already have a patent for this, when not, then donkey's years of prior art... :?

Since when did that ever matter :lol:
Author:  ProfessorF [ Sat Mar 22, 2014 11:46 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Apple patent for touch screen stylus
big_D wrote:
Don't WACOM already have a patent for this, when not, then donkey's years of prior art... :?


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The application also describes how the nib may have multiple strands, each with sensors on it. As the nib extended, the strands would fan out and each would create a separate input, mimicking the action of a paintbrush.


That's sufficiently unique to differ from anything Wacom have offered, I think. AFAIK, they've only offered a single point of contact; does anyone know different?
Author:  paulzolo [ Sun Mar 23, 2014 11:18 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Apple patent for touch screen stylus
There are "brush-like" styluses around, but they offer nothing that a dumb stylus would. Anyone who has handled a paint brush will know that the bristles do a lot more than offer a point of contact, yet so far no one has invented a brush-like stylus that offers the kind of input that would make simulating a brush in software possible.

So if Apple are looking for a stylus that can do more than offer a point of contact + optional pressure data (which some stylii do via Bluetooth), then it could be interesting.
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