Cypress Touchscreens Don't Need to be Touched
When it comes to phones, buttons are becoming more and more redundant. Why touch and press down when you can just touch and swipe? Then again, why should we have to touch at all?
Cypress Semiconductor today announced support for hover detection for its capacitive touchscreens. This new technology means that phones with Cypress displays don't need to be touched to be operated. The TrueTouch display recognizes a user’s finger as it approaches the touch sensor.
"Mobile phone manufacturers are looking for ways to differentiate their products, and features such as hover support and stylus recognition enable them to do just that," said Dhwani Vyas, vice president of the User Interface Business Unit at Cypress.
It's definitely true that this kind of technology would set a smartphone apart from the masses. Engadget reports that the Palm Pre and Samsung's i8910 already have Cypress-powered displays; as long as Cypress stays on track releases the support software later this year, those two phones will probably see a significant amount of attention. There is the slight issue of Apple patenting something similar back in January but there's no telling if Apple will take action against Cypress.
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People will touch it anyways. I can't get people to NOT touch my monitor and leave fingerprints.
That sounds like it could be a bit of a pain to use, depending on how accurately it can sense the approaching object. i foresee many the miss-click.
TrueTouch technology involves not touching? Lol... sorry couldn't resist.
Anyway +1 above. I'll miss clicking.... It won't be as precise.
"There is the slight issue of Apple patenting something similar back in January but there's no telling if Apple will take action against Cypress."
You are kidding me right? I bet you are being half nice and half sarcastic cause we all know better when it comes to this and Apple its a one way street.
Will be interesting also to try out personally this kind of screen. Will be either really cool or useless so I rather try out myself.
"There is the slight issue of Apple patenting something similar back in January but there's no telling if Apple will take action against Cypress."You are kidding me right? I bet you are being half nice and half sarcastic cause we all know better when it comes to this and Apple its a one way street.
Stole the words from my mout-....keyboard?
Will this mean we can put a protective screen over the touch surface? My touch screen on my phone is SOOOO scratched up!
The point isn't necessarily that you don't have to touch your screen (although that would be fun to try using it that way). The point is that the touchscreen interface can anticipate where you finger is before you actually make contact and therefore be more responsive and enable more touch features.
People will touch it anyways. I can't get people to NOT touch my monitor and leave fingerprints.
My biggest pet peeve. Worse when a person with a tech background does it. A VOIP tech was at my workstation one afternoon assisting me in setting up my voicemail. He reaches over to point at something and drags his finger across the screen. Took all my restraint to keep from smacking him.
"this kind of technology would set a smartphone apart from the masses"
For how long? One month? :]
My biggest pet peeve. Worse when a person with a tech background does it. A VOIP tech was at my workstation one afternoon assisting me in setting up my voicemail. He reaches over to point at something and drags his finger across the screen. Took all my restraint to keep from smacking him.
Couldn't you just shout: "Do not touch!"
People will touch it anyways. I can't get people to NOT touch my monitor and leave fingerprints.
You can maybe try with a big sins: "Do not touch my monitor!", "Please, Do not TOUCH!", "Touch the monitor - loose a finger!"
"Touching forbidden!"
You can maybe try with a big sins: "Do not touch my monitor!", "Please, Do not TOUCH!", "Touch the monitor - loose a finger!""Touching forbidden!"
or: "I am not responsible for what happens to your face after you touch this screen!"
My HTC Desire seems to already do this if you get the distance down to about 1mm.
Could just be me though..
Hmm, how do you go about marketing a touchless touch screen? Technology these days...
A touchscreen that doesn't need to be touch? o.o should renew this "new technology"
Don't know if you guys know this or not, and the technology may be unrelated, but Wacom tablets have had the same feature for a decade. It makes drawing and painting much more natural. In fact, their Cintiq product line is essentially a flatscreen monitor you hold in your lap will you draw. The tablets can sense pressure, angle, speed, what type of tip you're using... Anyway, it's as close to drawing with natural media you can get. That all said, I don't think anyone is going to be doing any digital painting on their cell phone.
On a similar note:
“Cypress Demonstrates Tablet-Sized Capacitive Touchscreen with True Multi-touch All-point Capability”
http://www.cypress.com/go/tabletvideo
http://www.cypress.com/?rID=40195
“Cypress Introduces High-Precision Stylus Support Accurate to 1 mm for Capacitive Touchscreen Mobile Handset Market”
http://www.cypress.com/go/stylusvideo
http://www.cypress.com/?rID=40298
“Cypress Announces That Windows® Phone 7 Series Includes Native Support for TrueTouch™ Touchscreen Solution”
http://www.cypress.com/?rID=42810
“Cypress Introduces Easy-to-Use Development Platform for iPhone and iPod Accessories Based on Revolutionary PSoC® 3 Architecture”
http://www.cypress.co/go/CY8CKIT-023
http://www.cypress.com/?rID=41030
Xbeater just so you know I'm stealing that from you =)
Interesting concept. I wonder if it will speed up response time.
Hmm, how do you go about marketing a touchless touch screen? Technology these days...
Just ask apple, they are constantly marketing needless crap as if its gold, and the tards lap it up.
Will this mean we can put a protective screen over the touch surface? My touch screen on my phone is SOOOO scratched up!
You already can?
we don't need to touch. someday we don't even need to think -.-
couldn't agree more!