Apple's latest uncovering is the patent "Glove Touch Detection" filed by Apple back in the summer of 2014. This was recently published by the U.S. Patent Office, and will allow users of the next generation iPhone to operate the touch screen even when wearing gloves. This will greatly benefit users who wear gloves all the time, like in a construction site or for those in a snowy environment.
iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are said to be the latest innovations to have the feature. This news may not be wholeheartedly accepted by third-party accessory manufacturers of touchscreen capable gloves. Several accessory manufacturers have exploited the capacitive touch screen technology being used in a lot of smartphones, that inhibits the user from controlling the touch screen when wearing gloves. This is because the electrical charges stored on the fingers is not recognized by the capacitive screen, AppFT1 reported.
Apple stylus' iPhone touchscreen gloves, the ones available in the market, have a special tip or special pads on them to be able to work on that touch screen.
The iPhone 7, based on the published patent, will then be able to recognize screen activity, even when wearing gloves, because of the changing threshold. A new type of screen will definitely play a big role here. The screen will be the first to recognize the kind of input it is receiving, be it from direct skin contact, a gloved hand, a stylus, or a bandaged finger.
The system of the new iPhone 7 device will then be able to adjust accordingly the settings on the screen, for it to fully interpret every activity on it, as explained by Patently Apple.
Samsung has offered a similar feature with its Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Note 4. However, it failed to lift off. Currently, there is no concrete evidence that this will really be incorporated on the next iPhone.
iPhone 7 and 7 Plus features have remained rumors until now. Apple is saying nothing about this news, as of the mean time.
