Often, technology buffs complain that companies no longer innovate . Actually, if we analyze the technological situation in a superficial way, we may conclude that all smartphones are practically the same and that new revolutionary functions are no longer arriving. Apparently, the real fight between companies is to present the best specifications and not so much to bring real news to the user.
However, if we delve into the topic of innovation , the reality is that large technology companies never stop designing , inventing and try new products . Many of them never see the light and remain in a simple patent.
Regarding Apple , the United States Patent and Trademark Office has published a long list of 66 Patents that Apple has registered and that have been recently awarded. Among them we find an iPad Pro with 8 speakers or the virtual reality integrated in the autonomous cars . We expand on some of them.
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The 8-speaker iPad Pro
IPad Pro is a device that takes care of many details related to multimedia creation and consumption. One of these aspects is its sound, which emanates from four speakers that intelligently distribute sound depending on the position of the device.
However, it seems that Apple wants to go further and increase the number of speakers to eight . Also, according to the patent, there is room for improvement in today's four-speaker setup. Apple plans to include a metric decorrelation generator .
Immersive virtual screen for passengers of autonomous cars
The patent 10. 643 . 391 points to news interesting in the info entertainment within autonomous cars . Everything indicates that, for Apple, passengers in a driverless car should enjoy an immersive training experience thanks to virtual reality . On the other hand, this system can transmit information from abroad or be used for virtual meetings .
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Maps with augmented reality
Since Apple introduced ARKit or, more recently, the iPad Pro 2020 with an integrated LIDAR sensor, we are very clear that the Californian company sees the virtual and augmented reality as a true bet for the future. We have already seen that we can decorate our house in a virtual way or enjoy hyper realistic games thanks to these technologies.
However, another use that Apple intends to give to augmented reality is found in what has to do with cartography . According to the patent 10. 643. 373, our device He would be able to project a map onto a surface and allow us to explore it at will. From a practical point of view, this interface can be used, for example, by a tourist to explore the city that he is going to visit before hitting the streets. The arrival of improvements to Apple maps is a constant that each year bears new fruit. These virtual maps with augmented reality, however, are an idea that Apple has been exploring since 2018 .
It can help us to understand a little better the operation of these new virtual maps what we already saw in the year 2017 at the World Developer Conference, the WWDC . There, the use of augmented reality in video games was shown, shaping a complete battlefield on a table, giving the player a more active and not so static function.
Innovation does not stop in the technological world
Among the other patents that have seen the light, we find the improvement of the tactile response when we use the device with wet hands or new designs applied to devices such as Apple Watch . You can check the complete list of patents here. In this same blog, without going any further, we have already mentioned some others such as the flexible battery for the iPhone or the supposed smart ring that those from Cupertino could be designing.
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This long list of new patents highlights that, although at first glance, companies do not present anything truly revolutionary, their engineers and developers work in the shadows, providing constantly new ideas . Innovation has not stopped. However, you have to be realistic: innovating takes time .
The article Until 66 Patents registered by Apple: from augmented reality maps to new features on the iPad, it was first published on iPadizate.
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