What’s the deal with ‘Swipe It’ and ‘Pinch It’? Here’s what the tech is and what it can do

On Tuesday, I wrote about a patent that’s been in the works for about a decade, which would let users swipe to the right or left on a screen using a fingerprint.

While it might sound like a clever concept, it could end up costing Apple a fortune.

The patent is known as “SwipeIt,” and it could be worth a lot.

The first patent is titled “Swiping gesture from a user-input device to an object on a display.”

Here’s the patent: