"This patent discloses a multi-touch surface controller. The controller includes integrated circuitry that can be used to drive the output circuitry of the capacitive multi-touch sensor and the input ...

Apple has been granted a patent (number US 11853518 B2) for a “Multipoint Touch Surface Controller” that hints at future iPhones and iPads with new multi-touch features. And it could also involve an ...

Nintendo’s 2002 patent for programmable surface textures seemed like science fiction when most gamers were still arguing about analog sticks. Now Microsoft’s expected Surface controller proves that ...

Sony has a new patent that imagines a PlayStation controller built around on-screen buttons you can rearrange. The concept swaps most fixed top-face inputs for a large touchscreen surface. Instead of ...