Una new apple patent, describes a MacBook with a solid state keyboard using a touch pad that can be reconfigured as the user wishes. In this way users can reconfigure the keyboard adjusting it to their work or personal needs. For example, a user who works with numbers can opt for a large numeric keypad etc.
The Californian company is incessantly looking for a way to be able to replace the keyboard of its Macs. It wants analog to go into the background and become technological. You want to add a touch panel that can be reconfigured by the user at will. To do this, Apple proposes a threefold approach To make a screen-based keyboard feel like a physical one:
- Allow a flexible screen deform when a virtual key is pressed.
- The haptic returns would be used to simulate click of a real key.
- Una electrostatic charge It could also be used to simulate the feel of the edge of a key, making it feel like a real keyboard when you place your fingers on it ready to type.
Apple is determined to make these types of keyboards a reality because they claim that mechanical keyboards are prone to failure. If not, let them tell butterfly shaped keyboard and what it meant for the company and users. He even had to offer out-of-warranty repairs. In the end it abandoned its use and banished him from the Macs.
Conventional input devices, such as keyboards or track pads for a laptop, they are susceptible to damage. For example, debris and other contaminants can enter the housing of the electronic device through the openings. This can damage the internal components of the electronic device. Similarly, the mechanical structures that make up input devices can be especially vulnerable to a fall or mechanical shock.
We do not know if this patent will become a reality or it will just be an idea. But of course, we can say that the idea of a keyboard that does not suffer breakages and that can be adapted to the user gives a lot of play.