Apple Mac and iPad New patents: keyboard / TouchPad input experience controlled by users

CTOnews.com December 20, according to the list published by the United States Trademark and Patent Office (USPTO), Apple has obtained a technology patent for Mac and iPad, with adjustable features that allow users to customize touch and force feedback.

Apple says that most of the current keyboard and trackpad adjustments are determined by the manufacturer, and end users and third-party sellers cannot customize and control these factors.

Apple designs and refines its keyboards and trackpads with a majority in mind, but that approach doesn't satisfy everyone.

Apple's patent outlines a new feedback system that puts keyboard and trackpad control in the user's hands and lets them adjust it.

CTOnews.com translated the Apple patent abstract as follows:

Keyboards, input devices, and related systems include key mechanisms with keycaps and actuators that provide adjustable feedback based on user input. Actuators are controllable, providing variable tactile force or force feedback depending on user input.