Apple has filed a patent for some sort of “digital ink recognition” technology.
The ink manager collects separate ink strokes, determines when a whole phrase has been entered and passes that phrase to a handwriting recognition engine.
Whether you were going to get upset or get excited about the idea of a stylus for your iPhone, don’t do either… yet.
The patent suggests the technology is for “pen-based computers,” especially for entering data into forms, and the word “tablet” is mentioned 58 times in the application.
Although the patent refers to a “tablet” specifically, I could definitely see Apple deploying this technology on a future iPhone model if it worked out on their forthcoming tablet.
Think about it. Apple is going to have to seriously focus on hardware now that App Store developers do most of the work creating apps. We finally have copy & paste on our iPhones. We finally have a video camera. What are they going to woo us with next? Well, what about “digital ink recognition” technology?
But a Stylus for iPhone?
If you recall, one of the selling points Steve Jobs pitched to the public when the iPhone was revealed at Macworld in January 2007 was that it was a multitouch interface with no stylus.
Will this patent make a stylus-based iPhone more appealing? Do you want a stylus for filling out forms on your iPhone? What do you think?
Written by Chris on November 12th, 2009 with no comments.
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Mashable reports that Nokia has sued Apple, claiming that the iPhone infringes “on 10 of the company’s patents relating to GSM, UMTS and WLAN technologies.”
The lawsuit, analysts predict, could cost Apple $1 billion. And some say Nokia has a strong case.
What Do You Think?
Is Nokia right to sue Apple? Will the lawsuit award Nokia some much-deserved money or will it hurt Nokia’s image more than help it? Please share your opinion in this poll:
Should Nokia have sued Apple over iPhone patent infringement?
Written by Chris on October 23rd, 2009 with no comments.
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The US Patent and Trademark Office has announced that as of January 20, 2009, Apple officially has a patent on the iPhone as a touch screen device, it’s user interface and the software that powers it. The title is ‘Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for determining commands by applying heuristics’.
Written by Edward Kirk on January 27th, 2009 with no comments.
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A new patent has been released by the United States Patent and Trademark Office has released a new patent application filed by Apple showing that they are considering using an ambient sound sensor in the iPhone to automatically adjust its ringer volume.
Written by Edward Kirk on January 23rd, 2009 with no comments.
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Apple hosted their quarterly earnings conference call for Q1 of 2009, during which Apple COO (and current stand-in for CEO Steve Jobs) answered a lot of questions people have had about the iPhone and Apple’s direction with the current state of the economy and Jobs not currently at the reigns. During the call they touched on topics including the possibility of a lower-cost iPhone, their move to get the iPhone at Walmart, and their stance on protecting their intellectual property rights.
Written by Edward Kirk on January 21st, 2009 with no comments.
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