Multi Touch Interaction
Multi Touch Technology In Apple's Future? (cont.)
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A team of eight at Apple, including famed iMac designer Jonathan Ive, recently filed a lengthy patent for a new concept called "gesture control" that could make a handheld computer, tablet PC or portable music player a whole lot easier to operate.
The idea is for the device to have a touchscreen that behaves normally when touched by a single finger. But when more than one finger is used it completely changes its response, depending on the program running.
The patent suggests that holding a thumb in one corner of the screen while making a circular motion with the forefinger near the centre could bring up a rotary dial icon. This could be used to scroll through songs or turn up the volume on a music player.
Putting two fingers over a map and moving them apart could zoom the image in and out. And swiping two fingers across a screen could turn two pages of an electronic book. Going back to using a single finger would return the screen to conventional touch and tap mode.
This multi touch screen technology has long been rumored to be included with the next release of Apple's wildly popular iPod.
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