On Thursday, the United States Patent and Trademark Office released the license, the Autonomous Navigation System, which appears to have led Apple to develop the technology since at least 2015.
In the patent, Apple describes a way to make autonomous navigation systems more efficient for unmanned vehicles that will allow Apple's unmanned navigation system to reduce its reliance on well-marked maps when it's working .
The patent also claims that at present, most unmanned systems are based on static information such as maps. They often use sensors to identify objects on the road in real time. This method can reduce the number of drivers The superb computing power a driverless car needs.
And Apple's unmanned navigation system differs from these mainstream approaches by not needing to receive any data from any external device and without having to load any locally stored navigation data to monitor its navigation. "
Apple's proposal is through the use of automotive sensors and processors, using a computational model to predict the road when the vehicle driving.
A year ago, when Bloomberg News published an article disclosing that Apple was using VR technology to test its driverless cars, then Apple was also submitting a copy to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration In the letter, I talked about being investing in a type of transportation-related driverless technology.
As of press time ago, Apple has not comment on this incident.