The depth-sensing capabilities of the Apple Car may not be limited to just LiDAR, with Apple suggesting a version using an infrared camera and light pulses could also be used to detect road obstacles.
Apple was working on Wi-Fi or cellular base stations that keep themselves charged and powered without either AC power, or human intervention — and which can rejoin the network after a loss of power.
The Federal Circuit has denied notorious parent troll Uniloc a chance to narrow requests to seal information or redact in an infringement dispute with Apple.
Apple is investigating multiple ways to simplify how users can select what they want to watch and then screen it on the device they want.
New proposals from Apple may see always-on Apple Watch faces alter their images to avoid old-style screen burn-in.
Drawings filed with the US Patent Office show how Apple investigated many different designs for the iPhone 11 Pro's camera unit.
Apple is researching the use of ultrasonic ranging to determine how far away iPhones are from each other before opening up lines of communication.
After failing to invalidate patents in a patent infringement lawsuit targeting Apple Pay, Apple is trying convince the court that it isn't infringing on the patents in question.
Apple is seeking a declaratory judgement to determine that it does not infringe on two instant messaging patents owned by a company named Zipit Wireless, which previously leveled claims against the tech giant.
Future Apple keyboards may feature keycaps that are a mixture of a glass top and color backlighting, for longer-lasting keys which could potentially be used as mini displays.
The next step in Apple's goal of making the iPhone the sole thing anyone has to carry, continues with the device being able to securely replace passports, driver's licenses, and other physical forms of identification.
Apple is researching a wireless optical communication system for mobile devices, that uses auto-targeting to precisely line up how a laser lines up with a sensor for the best transfer speeds.
The Apple Watch may be able to detect hand gestures without relying on touch in the future, by monitoring the veins within the wrist of the user to determine how the hand itself is moving.
Apple is working on technology to make physical buttons such as the iPhone power button or keys on a keyboard thinner, while also adding options for different haptic feedbacks.
Rather than augmented reality, the "Apple Glass" may have detachable arms that can be swapped for different functionality, including the ability to control devices in the real world.
To balance its systemic need for thinness against its customers' need for something they can actually type on, Apple is researching a keyboard that can fully retract into a MacBook Pro enclosure.
A future version of the "Apple Glass" smart glasses peripheral could compensate for less than perfect vision with automatically adjusting lenses for users that need prescription glasses or contact lenses.
Apple has filed a lawsuit that seeks to invalidate intellectual property at the center of a patent infringement complaint lodged five years ago.
Apple is researching technology that would identify confidential or sensitive elements in a video frame, and automatically blur or replace them with a static image to protect privacy.
A Swedish company named Neonode has filed a lawsuit claiming that Apple features like QuickPath and slide-to-unlock infringe on its patents.
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