Revenge of Apple patent attack: giant laptop touchpad

Revenge of Apple patent attack: giant laptop touchpad

Posted Aug 9th 2007 5:42PM by Joshua Topolsky
Filed under: Laptops

Apple is up to its old tricks again: filing crazy patent requests for wild devices like the process is going out of style. This time, the boys and girls in Cupertino have really delivered a doozy: a wide touchpad for a portable computer. Okay, honestly, it does seem to be just a very large trackpad with some "multi-touch" capabilities. The pad would take up some of the space where you typically rest your hands when typing, though according to the patent documents, the system would be smart enough to distinguish between desired input and accidental movement. Clearly, this kind of technology puts Apple one step closer to its ultimate goal of really, really huge touchpads.

Update - While this is a continuation of an older Apple patent, this is a new application filing, just in case there was any confusion.

source : engadget.com