Post by Enter Nations on Feb 6, 2018 19:59:21 GMT
Apple obtained more than fifty patents that include the Apple Pencil, Face ID and paint a panorama about the future of the bracelets for the Apple Watch.
Apple obtained a series of new patents that shed light on its interests for upcoming products - or simply the ideas that are sketched in the research and development rooms at Apple Park .
The Patently Apple site lists 61 new patents granted on behalf of Apple on Tuesday. All patents reveal Apple's ideas for different products, including the Apple Pencil, Face ID and the wristbands for the Apple Watch. As always, it is important to note that patents do not necessarily indicate products that will be produced, but are ideas registered by their creators to protect themselves from their rivals.
The most relevant patent granted to Apple recently is that of an Apple Pencil that can be used as input method for writing and drawing without having to place it on a solid surface. The patent says that the Apple Pencil could be used when drawing in the air, without having to place the stylus on the screen of an iPad - or an iPhone.
According to the illustrations of the patent, the gestural commands that the Apple Pencil would understand would be very few. Some movements in waves, lines, triangles and squares would be the input methods. By the way, the drawings of the patent show the use of the stylus with a Mac or MacBook, something that currently is not possible.
It seems that Apple is continuing on its way to make a more advanced stylus, despite the fact that other titans of the industry support the initiative of a universal stylus .
Patently Apple says that the patent registered with the number 9,885,459 is basically the one related to Face ID for revealing the system of three-dimensional mapping of objects through optics. Face ID is behind facial recognition on the iPhone X and it seems that in upcoming Apple products.
Another patent is related to haptic technology in smart watch wristbands. This patent (9,886,093) refers to the use of touch and pressure on wristbands as a new way of interacting with them. Apple has already patented other similar ideas that put health meters and even screens on the wristbands.
Apple obtained a series of new patents that shed light on its interests for upcoming products - or simply the ideas that are sketched in the research and development rooms at Apple Park .
The Patently Apple site lists 61 new patents granted on behalf of Apple on Tuesday. All patents reveal Apple's ideas for different products, including the Apple Pencil, Face ID and the wristbands for the Apple Watch. As always, it is important to note that patents do not necessarily indicate products that will be produced, but are ideas registered by their creators to protect themselves from their rivals.
The most relevant patent granted to Apple recently is that of an Apple Pencil that can be used as input method for writing and drawing without having to place it on a solid surface. The patent says that the Apple Pencil could be used when drawing in the air, without having to place the stylus on the screen of an iPad - or an iPhone.
According to the illustrations of the patent, the gestural commands that the Apple Pencil would understand would be very few. Some movements in waves, lines, triangles and squares would be the input methods. By the way, the drawings of the patent show the use of the stylus with a Mac or MacBook, something that currently is not possible.
It seems that Apple is continuing on its way to make a more advanced stylus, despite the fact that other titans of the industry support the initiative of a universal stylus .
Patently Apple says that the patent registered with the number 9,885,459 is basically the one related to Face ID for revealing the system of three-dimensional mapping of objects through optics. Face ID is behind facial recognition on the iPhone X and it seems that in upcoming Apple products.
Another patent is related to haptic technology in smart watch wristbands. This patent (9,886,093) refers to the use of touch and pressure on wristbands as a new way of interacting with them. Apple has already patented other similar ideas that put health meters and even screens on the wristbands.
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