Apple's new mouse patent is exposed, made into touch type?

With the development of the iPhone, Apple has accumulated sufficient experience in the field of touch sensing and is ready to incorporate these new designs into other products, such as the Macbook and Apple mice.

Apple has just filed a patent for a challenging new mouse technology: a multi-directional touch-sensing mouse.

From Apple's patent design sketches, the sensing area of this new mouse greatly exceeds that of existing mice, meaning it could potentially achieve virtual multi-button functionality. Although this design concept was not pioneered by Apple—similar designs have existed for a long time—the importance of software and operational support far outweighs hardware support when it comes to full touch-sensing applications. And what Apple excels at is user-friendly operation modes and related software development. It remains to be seen whether we will get to use this powerful mouse in the Leopard era.