Cypress Semiconductor Corp. has revealed support for hover detection on its capacitive touchscreen technology. This new feature, operated by the company's TrueTouch technology, will enable smart touchscreen solutions capable of anticipating the touch of a finger, and, for example, enlarge content like points on a map or the font for website browsing.

“Mobile phone manufacturers are looking for ways to differentiate their products, and features such as hover support and stylus recognition enable them to do just that,” said Dhwani Vyas, vice president of the User Interface Business Unit at Cypress. “Delivering a mouseover-like capability to the mobile phone space shows that Cypress continues to focus on creative features aligned with market demand. With so much emphasis on web content to the mobile handset, innovative navigation techniques are necessary to bring a familiar web-browsing experience to the user. Our customers are excited about TrueTouch because its flexible architecture enables them to continuously create and deliver value-added features.”

This will definitely change everything we are currently used to regarding browsing the internet from our portable devices, but also the way we used them. Finally, we will be able to get the "mouseover" effect found on full size personal computers, and take advantage of it while on the go.

Also, as I see it, independent developers might as well put this to even better use, that some of you might already be thinking about, namely using your mobile phone with your hands greasy, as to answer a call, or browse the program of a close-by cinema while eating.

Even more, Cypress' TrueTopuch solution will enable application developers to implement single-touch, multi-touch and even multi-touch all-point features, while also having very accurate passive-type stylus support, complying with a tip as thin as 1mm. Time will tell, and the company says it is expecting to have the technology ready in Q2. Now, I will leave you to watch the demo video, as long as you can ignore the idea of a man having long nails.




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