Full Hand Multi-touch Patent Filed By Apple

Oct 2 2009, 1:37am CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Today Multi-touch means you can use multiple fingers at the same time for gesture input on a touchscreen or touchpanel. Apple has filed a patent application detailing how you can use your compete hands including your palms.

To use your full hands for inputs allows much more combinations and possibly a more natural input experience.
AppleInsider has extracted the highlights of this Apple patent application in this report.

Photo: Elmo Tickle Hands.

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