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1. Apple apologizes still facing litigation management ordered Cook can only take a private jet;
Apple on the 28th to reduce the speed of the old phone to apologize to users, while reducing the warranty period has been announced to replace the cell phone battery replacement price.
Some users suspect that reducing the performance of older cellphones is a means Apple has been urging users to purchase new models.
Earlier this month, Apple admitted that deliberately reducing the operating speed of some older cell phones triggered criticism, and Apple argues that cell phone battery performance will gradually decline, while degraded batteries will cause the cell phone to shut down unexpectedly.
The BBC reported that Apple faces eight lawsuits in the United States and two lawsuits in Israel and France, reducing the operating speed of its older handset models. One lawsuit claims nearly a trillion U.S. dollars (about 6.5 trillion yuan) The indictment states that "Apple did not remedy the battery defect and did not replace the battery for all affected phones for free, but tried to cover up the flaw."
Apple's official website released a statement on the 28th that the company in the United States 'Silicon Valley' region scheduled for the iPhone6 and subsequent models over the warranty period from January to December 2018 battery replacement price from 79 US dollars 514.1 yuan) to 29 dollars (188.7 yuan).
In addition, Apple's mobile operating system software is scheduled to be updated in early 2018, giving users a clearer picture of cell phone battery status and the impact the battery has on cell phone performance, which Apple said are "ways to eliminate user concerns and reward their (brand) loyalty Degree '.
Rory Van Loeh, a professor of consumer technology law at Boston University in the United States, criticized Apple for being 'short-sighted' about the old handsets and inconsistent with the brand's value. "To me, some of Apple made a bad business decision ', There is no more transparent description of software upgrades and battery status.
For security reasons, Apple's management ordered the 28th CEO Tim Cook can only aboard a private jet to participate in business and private events. Xinhua
2. Samsung's latest patent formidable! TV can actually change the second desktop machine;
As early as last year, Samsung revealed its own modular TV technology at CES. Today, another heavy news comes from Samsung - the modular technology is upgraded again and the TV can change from desktop to desktop computer.
According to foreign media exposure, Samsung has now won a patent, this new patent can make large-screen television in the use of more diversified, and can switch between television and computers. And introduced last year's modular TV, which Second patent will add more modules in order to provide more functionality.
In addition, foreign media also said that in the near future may meet with you, do not know you here are not interested in the small partners yet.
3.Google new patent: front and rear camera shared sensor headphone port to make room;
Cameras are just one of the key indicators when choosing a cellphone, however, manufacturers are forced to sacrifice camera thickness to balance consumer demand for higher filming needs and lighter and more portable devices, The iPhone camera section is also prominent, but the latest exposure of the Google patent is expected to solve this problem, and even can make more room to accommodate the 3.5mm headphone port.
According to Google's latest camera patent shows, the front and rear camera of the smartphone can be reached by using a camera, and the subtle combination of lenses can realize the needs of one sensor for front and rear shooting.
And Google's patented design also outlines the multi-angle camera system in the same system multiple cameras to capture the same scene from different angles.For example, the user can capture a tiny thing from different angles, a bit similar to the 3D scanning.
At present, when taking panoramic photos, users often need to keep the body stable after turning on the panorama mode and manually move the camera to shoot multiple photos, and finally optimize the splicing two photos by an algorithm to finally form a panoramic photograph, and the latest patent passes the rotation of the lens, You can take panoramic photos without moving your phone.
4. Ford applies for a new patent for driverless cars to prevent the vehicle from being at risk;
Car manufacturers may consider avoiding injury to pedestrians as a core safety feature when developing a driverless car, but Ford's latest patent application covers what happens when the vehicle is in jeopardy. The recently released document by the carmaker One of them, called a system that "detects physical threats close to a vehicle," turns the same sensor used for pilotless navigation into a proximity alarm system, and in fact, Ford envisions vehicles that can even 'deploy' countermeasures.
Ford Motor Company said the vehicle can use a 360-degree camera to monitor what's happening around it, and the data can be fed into a neural network that has been specially trained to identify possible aggressive or threatening behavior, Mask or man holding a weapon.
Ford's new system will be able to take action against danger or simply monitor the situation by tracking whether the potential threat is intentional or near-just-a conceived strategy that is not exactly James Bond-type hidden weapons or electric Instead, a more aggressive alert system should be considered.
Ford does not consider this technology only suitable for driverless cars. The patent also explores whether normal vehicles can also benefit from their cars in order to monitor the outside world. "As Ford explained, Or when driving at low speed (even if the vehicle is not near a highway), the external danger to the vehicle and / or occupant remains.
5. Apple's new patent exposure: remote wireless charging intelligent scheduling
Recently, the United States Patent and Trademark Office announced a series of apple patent applications, involving wireless power transmission and a unique scheduling system.
The first is a multi-port power adapter that powers multiple electronic devices. The adapter is available in both wired and wireless charging modes. The second is a remote charging device that is divided into remote transmitters and receivers for The iPhone and iPad can also be charged away from the charging dock.
We know that wireless charging is currently facing no small technical problems, first of all, charging power is limited, followed by the wireless distance is limited.When you have multiple devices need to charge, add at the same time wireless charging, the efficiency will be lower, the same distance The farther the wireless charging transmitter, the charging efficiency will also become lower.
And Apple made a bold assumption that the new patent showed a 'wireless charging intelligent scheduling system' in the traditional charging scenario is basically 'put down charge', 'picked up the end' form, and intelligent scheduling system can be based on Different settings, arrange the charging status of different devices.
Users can set priorities for charging different Apple devices in a specific order, such as setting up the most needed iPhone for preemption, followed by Apple Watch, then iPad.
Users can also set more complex charging preferences, such as - when the iPad less than 25% of the time to start charging; according to your calendar and reminder charging arrangements, such as the calendar shows that next Monday morning you have to go out to work, Then the system will give priority to fully recharge the iPhone on Sunday evenings.
Apple's long-distance charging technology, exposed from a few years ago, and continue to practice, AirPower available in 2018 can be seen as a basic experimental field, the future we hope to see Apple in the AirPower Generation 2 remote wireless charging.
As for the new patent, this magical "wireless charging smart dispatch system" is also very valuable, but it requires a very close interconnection between devices, and requires better AI and accurate program to control them, to achieve the difficulty Not small, but at least Apple has come up with a very creative solution, chances are we will see it in the wireless charging black technology figure.