KOMPAS.com - Apple It has patented a technology for pen in the patent and Trademark Office, United States on Thursday (24/05/2012). Probably that Apple and intelligent pencil will be named iPen.

Unlike the pencil, stylus works Apple can call intelligent because it can give feedback (feed back). The pen can feel the vibration, how much pressure does a user when I draw. When something strong stylus pressure, then one can draw a thick line.

The pen can also give comments as vibration, when users extract or almost pass the boundary line.

Exceptionally, this digital pen can also emit sounds to stimulate the action of the user. The pen will issue voice pen is drawing on a piece of paper or a brush that is drawing on canvas.

In his patent, Apple also promised that the pen can be used in the air, without direct contact with the screen.

All the functions that can be done because Apple makes use of accelerometers, giroskop technology, as well as a camera implanted in the pen.

Currently, there is some stylus for the iPad are made by third parties. However, none has a pencil as a function patented by Apple.

This marks a change in pencil of patent strategy Apple in the mobile devices business. Because pm Steve Jobs had mocked a pencil in 2007 administrations widely used as accessories. "Who wants a pencil?" You have to get it, keep it and eliminate it, "he lamented jobs."

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