The Apple Pencil has been, is and will be a very good tool for iPads. Thanks to this device we can perform a multitude of tasks with our tablet, from drawing or layout a magazine to taking notes in a university class. However, everything can be improved and so has Apple in recent years.
The latest patent applications from the Big Apple show information on how Apple could improve its stylus. It would be about integrate ultrasonic technology into device screens to improve the precision of the touches and strokes of the Apple Pencil, among many other functionalities.
Patents portend a promising future for Apple Pencil
The information comes from the application for registration of two new patents Apple in the United States Patent Office. Both patents are related to the integration of the ultrasonic technology on the devices. The first tries to add an additional layer on the screens of the devices so that it can contribute information to other devices (in this case to the Apple Pencil) and, secondly, to add new layers of materials to the Apple Pencil to improve its interaction with the screens.
El uso de la tecnología ultrasónica para la detección táctil tiene potencial, ya que podría usarse fácilmente junto con otras tecnologías, incluidos los sistemas resistivos y capacitivos, pero es dudoso que Apple lo use a menos que tenga una buena razón para hacerlo.
Broadly speaking, and as can be seen in the images attached to the patents, the Apple Pencil could detect using ultrasonic technology the movements that the user makes with the stylus so that an application could modify its actions, For example, twisting the Apple Pencil could do more thick the stroke. On the other hand, integrating ultrasonic technology into the iPad screens could allow the addition of 3D Touch technology, in addition to interacting with the Apple Pencil.
These patents could make Apple give developers more information about the way users handle the Apple Pencil and can improve their applications: if the user grasps the stylus with the right or left, the position of the pencil with respect to the screen, its tilt more precise ...