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Thanks for having a look! I guess I was not clear... The point of the first video was to show that the moving image is the only thing missing from the Neonode p
by jkn 14y ago
Thanks for having a look! I guess I was not clear... The point of the first video was to show that the moving image is the only thing missing from the Neonode prior art.
The point of the second video was to show that moving an image on a touch screen with a finger was known to the industry before the iPhone was introduced[1].
This means that Apple's slide to unlock is nothing more than the combination of two known concepts: swipe to unlock and moving an image with the finger. Certainly not worthy of a patent in my opinion.
[1] Linking to the MS video was a mistake of mine, since the device was actually introduced after the iPhone. But please, do have a look at this wonderful summary of the history of multi-touch technology (especially the list of devices in the second half of the page): http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:wetIwsRZhKYJ:www.billbuxton.com/multitouchOverview.html http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:wetIwsR...
There's also an impressive TED video from early 2006: http://www.ted.com/talks/jeff_han_demos_his_breakthrough_touchscreen.html http://www.ted.com/talks/jeff_han_demos_his_breakthrough_tou...