Apple Patents Intelligent Zoom Technology and Vibration Noise Control
Apple filed two patents this morning. Both of them sound very exciting (or confusing). The first is a design for intelligent auto-zooming for content, and the 2nd is a method for detecting and adjusting noise resulting form an iPhone’s vibration.
PatentlyApple covered the highlights of the intelligent zoom patent earlier today,
“In some embodiments, the device may also be configured to track the user movements (e.g., position and velocity) and, in response to certain movements, provide feedback and/or enter or change a state of operation. For example, movement toward the device may activate more features, such as providing more options/menus in a user interface, whereas movement away from the device may reduce the number of features available to a user, such as reducing the number of menus/options and/or reducing or increasing the size of the options displayed.”
And..
“Additionally or alternatively, the display may zoom in or zoom out based on movement towards or away from the device. In some embodiments, a lateral movement of by the user (e.g., from left to right) may cause a change in a background and/or a screen saver image displayed on the device. Still further, the changing of the image may correspond generally with the sensed motion. For example, the movement from left to right may cause the image to be replaced in a left to right motion with another image. Alternatively, as a user moves from left to right, leaves or drapes may reflect the movement. That is, the leaves may be blown and tumble from left to right, or the drapes may sway in a manner corresponding to the detected movement.”
The 2nd patent aims to to reduce the vibration noise from a device in certain circumstances.
For instance..
When the device is on a hard surface sensors would be able to determine if a device’s vibration is too loud, or if the device is vibrating on a hard surface. Mitigation routines would then be enabled to reduce the vibration and noise.
Both patents were actually filed in May of last year and published today by the US Patent and Trademark Offices.
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Kevin
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