21 jan 2010 kl. 17.27 skrev nescivi:
> On Thursday 21 January 2010 10:49:18 Tom Lieber wrote:
> In the US, the android o/s has
>>>> multitouch disabled, because Apple have the US software patent on
>>>> touching your computer in more than one place at the same time.
>>>> Software patents may well come to Europe in the near future.
>>>
>>> From when does this patent date?
>>> I've seen multitouch surfaces (not from Apple) a long time before
>>> the
>>> iPhone came out, so just wondering...
>>
>> These seem to be the relevant patents:
>>
>> http://www.google.com/patents?q=apple%20multi-touch&btnG=Search%20Patents&a
>> s_psrg=1
>>
>
> Hmm... I think I saw Sukandar Kartadinata use a multitouch gestural
> keyboard
> for his laptop computer in 2003, which would make these patents
> (which seem a
> bit specific in what they do from a quick first glance) invalid
> because of
> prior art. I don't remember from which manufacturer he got the
> keyboard...
i saw his fingerworks keyboard as well and got so impressed i
considered getting one myself.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FingerWorks
then apple bought up the company (including patent) and stopped
production. :-(
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