It irks me that some people who don't know anything about the physics of touch screen technology and don't seem to understand that 'taps' are actually small changes of capacitance of an array of capacitors. [0]
At a a physics level, and strictly speaking, taps and swipes don't exist.
Patents are pragmatic and full of abstractions. You are not required to specify a patent at every level of abstraction all the way down to its mathematical or quantum properties.
(I have to read a number of mechanical patents each week as part of my job).
At a a physics level, and strictly speaking, taps and swipes don't exist.
Patents are pragmatic and full of abstractions. You are not required to specify a patent at every level of abstraction all the way down to its mathematical or quantum properties.
(I have to read a number of mechanical patents each week as part of my job).
[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitive_sensing