10-finger touch screens coming

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#1

I just posted the article 10-finger touch screens coming.

Synaptics, a popular maker of touch screens and track pads, is set to release a 10-finger multi-touch screen in November.<br />
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In addition to processing 10 input points at a time, the ClearP…

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#2

10 finger in the screen and no idea what the well we are doing as we cannot see anything in the screen…

#3

So I wonder when these sorts of devices will run into the Patent hurdle, doesn’t Adobe own the gesture for pinch and a couple of others?

Good to see better devices, but I hate the idea of delays being because of patents. What next, wanking jesterrs are out, or you get sued for having a quick toss and your phone records it :wink:

#4

I understand that patents cater for obvious/evident inventions.
The pinch, and turn, gestures are obvious/evident and practically instinctual to me.
How they have managed to patent basic gestures in the first place is beyond me, and the patents will likely be successfully contended.

#5

10 Fingers eh! I know what five of those fingers could be used for, or maybe I am misunderstanding the post?