Apple plans to establishment "besknopochnoy" keyboard

Apple Keyboard may be sensory. Another patent application from Apple, recently published by the Bureau of the United States Patent and Trademark brands, promises a real innovation in the list of input devices produced in Cupertino. It is very likely that in the future Apple will release a new, touch-sensitive keyboard for your computer. Entering data in this case will be realized thanks to the acoustic pulse, rather than a physical key is pressed. It sounds very unusual, is not it?

From the fact that it is not always convenient in some situations to enter information on a conventional touch screen, and more preferable to use a mechanical keyboard, the Apple undertook to find a solution to this Problems. The choice fell on the keyboard, in which touch sensors would combine with piezoelectric sensors. Such keyboard type should recognize certain acoustic touch codes that will be analyzed by the device. Each code corresponds to the characters (letters, characters, numbers). When you touch to a particular point on the surface of the keyboard program analyzes the corresponding code on the built-in database and displays a tablet PC or the desired character.

According to representatives of Apple's, if such an input device will be released, it will be the next step in the evolution of the "apple" products. And the shape of such a keyboard may be very irregular, with no need to accommodate a mechanical key as in the conventional input device.

As a keyboard housing material fit different versions: metal, plastic, and even stronger than glass. In the case of plastic and metal devices and font characters may be engraved on the surface thereof. If the glass keyboard, all the icons will be displayed on the hidden display under glass. For greater convenience, however, the keys are likely to still be some way to stand out on the surface of the device. Also, it plans to use the element of tactile feedback when touched. In this case, the user will feel a kind of vibration unit using the touch keyboard.

[Apple Insider]