Apple joins the development of curved touch screens with the patent of a new sensor

A new sensor for curved touch screens is the latest patent registered by Apple in the North American agency for this purpose (UPSTO), whose novelty is that it does not deform or distort the image of the screen.

Although the specific use that Apple will give the new sensor for curved touch screens, recently registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (UPSTO), that clearly applied first to the company's smartphones, as have other companies in the market, and on some of their laptops

One of the differentials of this new sensor, according to the little data that Apple has provided on its website, compared to other technologies that use curved crystals, is that it does not warp or distort the screen image for its application on mobile screens and Mac computers.

This new sensor allows variations in the curvature of the surface of the screen, So it is possible to design a series of reliefs similar to small bubbles that, For example, could be used to control the brightness of the screen or regulate the volume of the device.

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