SAN FRANCISCO, Beijing, March 30 morning news, Apple has just won a few new patents, can help the outside world to understand what the company is developing projects, the new patent covers areas including flexible batteries, indoor navigation, and in the 2D screen Generate 3D effects on.
Flexible battery
This patent helps to extend the iPhone's battery life. This flexible battery patent can not only better adapt to the mobile phone, but also can change according to the location of the battery inside the iPhone. This flexible battery will put the battery on a flexible substrate. , making the battery can be bent as required.
The deployment of this technology is very worthy of attention. First, it can make full use of the internal space of the mobile phone to provide additional battery life. In addition, it can also be used to produce truly flexible equipment, changing the shape according to needs. We may also look at the future. To this technology is applied in rumored flexible iPhone.
Indoor navigation
Did you reach a certain place and found the front door is locked, but you do not know if there are other doors? The patent hopes to solve the problem. Although Google Maps and Apple Maps are currently limited to the street level, they are also working hard. Develop indoor maps, and Apple's latest patent shows that this even includes information about the entrance and exit of a company.
The patent states that location information can be collected in many ways - including GPS, accelerometers, pedometers, etc.
Develop 3D effects on the screen
Although there are rumors that Apple is developing virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) phones, the company also seems to want to allow users to see 3D effects directly on the iPhone. To achieve this goal, the phone will track users. The head position - this can already be achieved through the iPhone X Face ID. With these positioning data, this phone can change the content displayed on the phone to simulate 3D effects.
Developing 3D effects will help push ARKit into a new stage. ARKit is Apple's first attempt in AR field, developers can use it to develop AR applications for iPhone.