Sharp's LCD and Scanner: An Integrated Sensing Display?
The 3.5" LCD screen integrated an optical scanner that could be used to scan business cards, but also be used as a method for multi-touch input.
The screen, on show at the Ceatec exhibition, features an optical scanner for each LCD pixel, and could also be used to recognise fingers or other objects.
The prototype is expected to see commercialization in the first half of 2008.
While not directly linked to Apple, the technology is very similar to an old patent application from Apple which described an "Integrated Sensing Display". Apple's patent described possible uses in video conferencing and photos, but could have also been used for a multi-touch display. Of course, Apple has since come out with the iPhone which offers a multi-touch display. The iPhone, however, uses a capacitance-based touch screen, rather than one based on image capture.
Apple continues to research and develop various touch-based technologies. Their most recent patent applications include pressure sensitive input technology on existing touch screens.
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but I feel its a bigger wow factor than practability factor!
I would like to see it in action though
... Apple continues to research and develop various touch-based technologies. Their most recent patent applications include pressure sensitive input technology on existing touch screens. ...
As to the pressure sensitive part ...doesn't this mean that we have to go back to plastic (deformable) screens?
This process certainly won't work with a milimetre or two of glass in front of the display, and Apple has just finished re-tooling their entire line to use glass screens. This kind of implies that this is for a product in the future, not "iPhone 2.0."
Kinda spooky to think that we might some day wind up with screens that double as cameras. :eek:
Yeah but come on, who is really that interested in watching? :rolleyes:
I wonder if this would lead to your boss watching you while you worked at your computer. Hell, NOBODY'd look at anything remotely adult while they worked. ;)
As to the pressure sensitive part ...
doesn't this mean that we have to go back to plastic (deformable) screens?
This process certainly won't work with a milimetre or two of glass in front of the display, and Apple has just finished re-tooling their entire line to use glass screens. This kind of implies that this is for a product in the future, not "iPhone 2.0."
The reason the iPhone has glass in front is to keep it scratch-free (as opposed to a plastic only screen).
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