Today we have learned that Apple continues to work very hard on its Apple Glass, that is, on its smart glasses. According to Patently Apple, the Cupertino company would have renewed the concept of Apple Glass that we knew so far, now having the possibility of even introducing our iPhone inside the glasses themselves. Read on to stay on top of everything.
It’s really not a new patent
The usual thing is to see how companies like Apple register patents with some frequency that give us many clues of what they may be up to in the face of new products or new features of existing products, in fact, it is very common to frequently meet patents on new functions or features that the iPhone, Apple Watch or any apple product could have, however, what Apple has done is not register a new patent, but has renewed or updated one that it had already registered in the past, specifically in 2008, this is called a continuation patent.
As we see in the image, Apple would be planning the possibility of introducing our iPhone inside its smart glasses, in which case, we would have a somewhat heavy glasses, don’t you think? Imagine introducing the iPhone 12 Pro Max in glasses However, we also observe year after year the effort that the company makes to reduce the weight of its devices, without going any further, the iPhone 12 is one of the lightest devices.
What is this new concept of Apple Glass?
According to this “continuation patent” Apple could place in its glasses a camera that would be configured to capture an image of the environment, we would also have a lens adjacent to the screen through which we would see the screen of the device itself, in addition to having a processor configured to automatically switch from an internal display mode to an external display mode.
In the case of the internal display mode the image would not be shown, on the other hand, in the external display mode the image would be seen and we would have extra information about the entire environment.
Other important aspects about these Apple Glass would be related to the use of voice commands, through which we could change from internal to external display mode, if we need to touch the glasses. Of course, to be able to interact with Siri, these Apple Glass would incorporate a microphone that would detect the certain voice commands.