On last year's iPhone X, Apple introduced Face ID face recognition and replaced it with the iPhone's iconic Touch ID. There are signs that Apple will carry Face for more devices in the future. ID function.
According to previous news, this year's three new iPhones will come standard with Face ID, and the new iPad Pro is also expected to support this feature. According to a recent exposure of patent documents, Apple even plans to launch Face ID function for Apple Watch.
According to Apple Patently, Apple called this feature 'user identification', perhaps to avoid leaking plans for Apple Watch to carry Face ID. It's also worth noting that Apple filed this patent in 2016, so from the time In terms of nodes, this is indeed a new technology, unlike the 'tombstones' many years ago.
Of course, this is only a patent after all. It is not clear whether Apple will actually use it, because applying for patents is more of a means of protecting intellectual property and design concepts.
