Patent №
US 8,330,727
Granted
2012-12-11
Filed 2006
Owner
APPLE INC.
Lab
—
AI components
1
hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
11559763
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for simultaneously tracking multiple finger and palm contacts as hands approach, touch, and slide across a proximity-sensing, multi-touch surface. Identification and classification of intuitive hand configurations and motions enables unprecedented integration of typing, resting, pointing, scrolling, 3D manipulation, and handwriting into a versatile, ergonomic computer input device.
AI hardwareG06F 3/0446G06F 3/0235G06F 3/041G06F 3/0412G06F 3/04166G06F 3/04186G06F 3/0447G06F 3/04815+15 more
AI classification
AI hardware1.00
Vision0.23
Evolutionary computation0.05
Speech0.01
Natural language0.01
Machine learning0.00
Knowledge representation0.00
Planning0.00
Ownership
APPLE INC.
assignment · 198560707
Assignors
FINGERWORKS, INC.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.
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