[NEWS] HTC Brings Stylus Accuracy to Capacitive Touchscreen in New Patent

[ICEM/\N]

HTC Brings Stylus Accuracy to Capacitive Touchscreen in New Patent

HTC's new patent for implementing a magnetic stylus for capacitive touchscreen may mean that the screen technology will gain a boost from being finger-friendly, yet still maintain a high level of accuracy.

Capacitive touchscreens are primarily used with the fingers, with the tips conducting an electrical current that the screen responds to. Thus, an ordinary stylus would not work and finger touches are not as accurate for handwriting and ink technology, especially in Asian languages. HTC's solution is to use a magnet in the tip of the stylus and replicate the electrical reaction caused by the finger "from the movement relative to the capacitive screen," according to WMPU.

Moving forward, HTC's patent will mean that the company's Windows Mobile and Android smartphone will have the accuracy of stylus input for pen and ink technologies while retaining the finger friendly pinch and zoom and other gestures introduced by the iPhone and on Microsoft's Surface Computing platform.

(via: WMPowerUser)

[ON3/\L]

Originally Posted by ICEM/\N

HTC Brings Stylus Accuracy to Capacitive Touchscreen in New Patent

Sweet, sounds good! I like having the best of both! I wish I could use a stylus on my Pre sometimes but it doesn't react to it only my inger so this sounds nice for sure. Be able to use finger gestures as well as stylus is 2 thumbs up++ for me!

[PsyChoTk]

I can't wait for the day I can toss my stylus for good. Instead of chewing on it like some, or others who chew on others stylus's.

[D/\SH]

Originally Posted by PsyChoTk

I can't wait for the day I can toss my stylus for good. Instead of chewing on it like some, or others who chew on others stylus's.

hahahaha no doubt and for sure on that one : )

[VenumX]

Originally Posted by PsyChoTk

I can't wait for the day I can toss my stylus for good. Instead of chewing on it like some, or others who chew on others stylus's.

but then ill have to go back to biting my nails :(

[D/\SH]

Originally Posted by VenumX

but then ill have to go back to biting my nails :(

i was never a nail biter but the stylus oh yeah..... and even the antenna on my 6700 and 700 wx if i was bored enough or that was all that there was.

[BiG JeW]

WOW... i cant wait for HTC future devices!

[Mike20PR]

No wonder the leo got a capacitive, nice work htc