Apple's new patent allows iPhone6 screen or pressing efforts to identify different

Thanks capacitive touch screen, iPad can detect all the right touch. But this can not perceive touch touch screen intensity. According to reports, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office approved a new touch technology Apple patent application in 2012, this patent describes a capacitive touch and a combination of infrared detector to accurately detect the intensity of the user presses the screen technology. This technology allows users without relying on complex physical hardware can accurately convey the pressure on a touch surface, so that the user interface navigation and interactive form to reach a new dimension.

According to the description of the patent document, the bottom of the touch screen system deployed in one or more infrared emitters, may touch the cover glass to the infrared light emitted at a specific angle. These angles can be selected between the cover glass on top and bottom surfaces and the surrounding air and the reflected light emitted by the finger 100% reflection. When the light reflection cover glass to get inside, it will trigger an infrared transmitter can calculate the total number of all reflections receiver, the receiver is based on whether the reflected light from the surrounding air or the user's finger to display different output readings.

Unlike other systems, Apple's patent does not require precise transfer restrictions, as long as there are differences to internal reflection. More important is the measurement of the attenuation can be emitted from the surface of the glass used to determine whether the emitted infrared rays are absorbed finger or air. In addition, Apple also mentioned the use of a fourth color OLED layer output in the infrared wavelength, and the use of ultrasound and other acoustic signal measurement FTIR.

Infrared method to determine the user touches the screen, called the infrared spectrum. IR is essentially a multi-touch optical detection method of detecting the finger touch screen reflecting infrared. When combined capacitive touch, a touch can be measured intensity. Infrared spectroscopy has been used to Microsoft's Perceptive Pixel products. Microsoft provides several large screen using infrared spectroscopy multi-touch sensing devices, and is called Microsoft Pixel Sense technology. This technique is also used in the Samsung SUR40.

As Microsoft's technology, also used in the red spectral camera to detect the pressure of light refraction, which allows people to use a device, it is possible to identify the distinction between objects and fingers.

While Apple has not yet implantable pressure sensor technology in the touch screen mobile devices, but the company in the past few years has been exploring various pressure detection technology. Have developed a pressure sensor, a pressure sensing device shell. It is unclear whether Apple will plan to the above IR technology in its future iOS devices, but will increase the force sensing element allows Apple beyond existing static gesture touch operation, upgrade to a whole new level of interaction . According to the present situation, the possibility of the patent is applied to the next generation iPhone6 ​​is not large, so the majority of users still need to be patient.