Apple touch screen computer patent

Apple has filed a patent application for desktop touch screen computer in Europe, which shows that Apple intends to extend multi-touch screen technology to desktop computers, so that users can operate computers through touch screen displays in addition to traditional keyboards. According to the description document of this patented technology, a series of sensors, including an accelerometer, can be added to a standard iMac computer, which can detect the inclination of the screen and then change the resolution and direction of the display accordingly. According to the illustration and accompanying explanation of the patented technology, turning the display screen into a touch screen can also turn off the keyboard and mouse and display another operating system style specially designed for touch operation.

In touch screen mode, the operating interface will change, and the interface looks like the iOS system used by Apple's mobile products. The industry believes that the iOS system will definitely appear on desktop computers, and now it is only a matter of time. An engineer inside Apple once said that the operating systems used by iPhone and iPad are very simple and easy to use. From the consumer's point of view, it makes sense to switch some Mac models and laptops to this operating system.

Finally, the patent application also shows that Apple intends to launch a tablet computer with a complete multi-touch display and a keyboard and mouse of an ordinary notebook computer. According to the graphic part of the patent application, there is a rotating hinge in the middle of the display screen of the tablet computer, which allows the display screen to rotate at will, so that when the keyboard is not used, the display screen looks like the display screen of the iPad. Touch-screen computers are usually referred to as PAD for short, rather than control devices such as keyboard and mouse. For example: IPAD, IPAD2, Le PAD.