Le site MacRumor vient d’annoncer la publication d’un brevet d’Apple déposé en juin 2007 décrivant une sorte de film multi-touch (ou multi-point) destiné à être « collé » à des objets en 3 dimensions.
Résumé du brevet (en V.O.) :
Multi-touch skins spanning three dimensions
Abstract : One or more multi-touch skins can placed along three dimensions of an object. The one or more multi-touch skins enable multi-touch inputs during the operation of the object. The multi-touch inputs can be tracked to monitor the operation of the object and provide feedback to the operator of the object. The one or more multi-touch skins can further enable gestures for configuring and operating the object. The one or more multi-touch skins can also be used to implement any number of GUI interface objects and actions. A multi-touch skin that measures the force of a touch in one or more directions is also provided.



