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Apple's most futuristic 10 patent innovation path remains brilliant2013-08-06 14:22, an interested anonymous Keywords: iMac macBook apple

Apple has always been known for thinking outside of a limited range. And for the company, which is taking strict secrecy, the patent it applies for is a hint of what it is thinking. In Apple's frequent patent applications (almost once a week), we have seen a number of outlandish ideas in addition to some conventional technological innovations. After a few years of looking back, we can see the foresight of the American technology giants.

Here are some of the most wildly thought-out patents that Apple has applied for the past few years, but with a sense of future.

1. Virtual keyboard

This 2012-year patent application introduces a virtual keyboard for imac and MacBook. By means of a flat surface and a built-in camera on the device, Apple will allow users to type on the desktop while seeing live images of their finger positions appearing on the screen. The keyboard supports fully customizable keys, and users can assign different keying configurations for different tasks.

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2.3D iphone user interface

Apple filed another patent application last year. The 3D interface is able to use distance sensors to always show the correct depth and angle, regardless of the orientation of the device. The patent also describes the levitation gesture, which means that future users can touch even if their fingers don't touch the screen.

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3. Notebook/tablet mixing equipment

Apple has filed a patent for a notebook/tablet hybrid this year, which is a bit like the ASUS transformer prime or Microsoft Surface tablet. Interestingly, the patent describes a method of using an electromagnet to help the display to secure the keyboard base, as well as the ability to wirelessly transmit power from the base to the display.

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4. Tactile Feedback Device

At the moment, everyone is discussing the possibility of a next-generation iphone adding a fingerprint scanner to the home button, which may just be the beginning. The patent application describes Apple's interest in haptic feedback, which allows the user to feel the touch of a physical button while pressing a virtual key. Specifically, Apple mentions that they want a "dent in the user's sense of the button."

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5. Smart Bike

As early as 2010, Apple had the idea of a smart bike. By leveraging the user's iphone or ipod, as well as the bike's own sensors, users will be able to get a lot of data on speed, distance, time, altitude, altitude, slope, heart rate, and more.

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6. Smart Touch border

Apple has always liked to push the limits of touch sensors, a patent that shows the desire of Apple to move a touch component out of the display. This super smart screen border of patents ignores the user's inadvertent touch, while allowing the app to get touch input outside the screen.

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7. Shake the Print

Apple wants users to turn on printing options by simply shaking the device instead of entering the menu system. The new printing standard also describes the ability to easily print documents, images, and Web pages, all from a single menu.

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8.3D virtual image and emoticons

Making the imessage system more personal is a possible development direction. The patent, which Apple filed in 2011, shows a system that uses a small 3D virtual image to display a series of emoticons. Don't be fooled by these poor virtual images, which actually bring an incredibly realistic facial function, perhaps with the use of photobooth applications. Certain keywords or phrases will be able to trigger the display of emoticons.

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9. Controllable Transparent display

This crazy patent describes a technology that hides cameras, LEDs, and even fingerprint sensors under the display. When needed, the display becomes transparent, revealing the camera or fingerprint sensor and allowing it to work. In the future, the technology could lead to an iphone that is covered by an entire display on the front panel.

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10. Wearable Computing Devices

While everyone is waiting for the legendary iwatch, Apple has applied for a revolutionary wearable technology as early as 2009. It can track fitness activities, watch sports, train, and interact with the TV. The picture shows how the apple sensor strip gives impact feedback in the fight. This strip is thin enough to be embedded in boxing gloves, and its versatility can be used in addition to sports

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