According to the latest listing published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Apple has received a new patent that previews a future foldable iPhone design.Touch-sensitive controls on all surfaces, including solid-state buttons.
The patent is called “Electrical Device with Screen and Touch Sensor Structure”. Users can easily control the iPhone by touching, sliding or other methods.
Apple says: “Collecting touch input from the user and effectively displaying images to the user can be challenging. -touch input to a touch screen, the user’s hands may obscure what is displayed on the display. picture displayed.”
Therefore, Apple plans to implement touch-sensitive controls on all surfaces of the device, with built-in control circuits, batteries and other components, the surface can have opaque and transparent parts, and the materials including opaque plastics, metals, fiber materials, raw materials. and materials containing fibers, ceramics, and others Multi-layer structure of opaque material.
Apple places tiny metal lines (such as nanostructures, which may not be visible to the naked eye) on the surface of the device to enable touch-sensitive control on any surface.
Apple’s patent also provides examples of practical use for this touch functionality. For example, in gaming and other applications, users can use touch sensors on the back to collect touch input while displaying relevant visual information on the device’s front screen.
