Apple has been granted a patent (quantity US 11848166 B2) for Mac and iPad keyboards with adjustable suggestions that might mean you can alter haptic and power suggestions options amongst different issues.
Concerning the patent
Within the patent Apple says that though machine makers equivalent to itself make efforts to make merchandise which might be comfy and efficient for a variety of various kinds of finish customers, most keyboards and interface gadgets are considerably static of their really feel and sound as soon as they’re in finish use. Finish-users and third get together sellers are largely unable to customise and management these elements.
What looks as if comfy and satisfying suggestions to at least one person could be deemed utterly insufficient (e.g., overly noisy, stiff or mushy) in really feel to a different. Shoppers would relatively not must compromise on their keyboard in a tool that in any other case meets their wants. Apple says there’s a “ persistent want for numerous enhancements to the implementation of keyboards and associated enter gadgets for digital gadgets.”
Abstract of the patent
Right here’s Apple’s summary of the patent: “Keyboards, enter gadgets, and associated methods embody key mechanisms with keycaps and actuators that present adjustable suggestions in response to person enter. The actuators are controllable to offer variable tactile power or audible suggestions that’s dependent upon the person enter.
“Encoders are in a position to transduce a location or relative place of a keycap as it’s being pressed over time, and a sign is supplied to actuators to trigger them to offer suggestions comparable to the place of the keycap because it strikes. The suggestions can change the texture or sound of the keycap based mostly on the keycap positions, time of operation, velocity, person id, and different elements. Thus, the texture or sound of a keyboard or associated enter machine could be adjusted electronically for environment friendly testing and elevated person customization and suggestions modes.”
