Apple is investigating how an Apple Ring could interpret the wearer s gestures, or provide extra functionality to other devices such as the Apple Pencil.
Apple is really keen that your devices know exactly exactly where you are. The company is increasingly using Ultra Wideband (UWB) to help iPhones locate each other, and it s previously looked at how self-mixing interferometry (SMI) sensors can detect people.
Now there s Self-Mixing Interferometry-Based Gesture Input System Including a Wearable or Handheld Device, a newly-revealed patent application. It s still concerned with locating and tracking, but this time it is specifically about using SMI sensors in a wearable such as a ring.
We may all end up wearing multiple Apple Ring devices
Apple is really keen that your devices know exactly exactly where you are. The company is increasingly using Ultra Wideband (UWB) to help iPhones locate each other, and it s previously looked at how self-mixing interferometry (SMI) sensors can detect people.
Now there s Self-Mixing Interferometry-Based Gesture Input System Including a Wearable or Handheld Device, a newly-revealed patent application. It s still concerned with locating and tracking, but this time it is specifically about using SMI sensors in a wearable such as a ring.
The patent application attempts to cover all possible wearable devices, but then concentrates on what Apple describes as a device where the housing defines a closed ring configured to receive a finger.
New research reveals that Apple is looking at how to make Siri detect particular voices, and also determine their location, solely through vibrations.
Two newly-revealed patent applications show that Apple is investigating different ways that devices can detect people, or interact with them. The major one would have Siri able to recognize individual people and their spoken commands without the device needing a regular microphone. Self-Mixing Interferometry Sensors Used to Sense Vibration of a Structural or Housing Component Defining an Exterior Surface of a Device, is concerned with using self-mixing interferometry (SMI). SMI involves detecting a signal resulting from reflection [or] backscatter of emitted light from a device.
A future Apple Watch may not need microphone holes in order to detect voices
Two newly-revealed patent applications show that Apple is investigating different ways that devices can detect people, or interact with them. The major one would have Siri able to recognize individual people and their spoken commands without the device needing a regular microphone. Self-Mixing Interferometry Sensors Used to Sense Vibration of a Structural or Housing Component Defining an Exterior Surface of a Device, is concerned with using self-mixing interferometry (SMI). SMI involves detecting a signal resulting from reflection [or] backscatter of emitted light from a device.
Macs may be able to turn a wall or any surface into a touch input device in the future, with Apple researching ways to add touch-based interactions to a surface that doesn t have any capability for touch sensing at all.
Many electronic devices offer touch capabilities as a way to interact with the computer system, such as an iPhone or iPad display. While touch interfaces are common, there are areas where such interactions could be useful, but are currently not able to be used.
For example, a teacher in a classroom may use a projector on a wall to show content to students. It is currently possible for the teacher to tap virtual buttons or interact with content displayed via the projector, but either by interacting with the host computer directly or by employing a potentially expensive smartboard system that can detect touch.