“On Jan. 26, 2006, the US Patent & Trademark Office revealed a patent titled ‘Methods and apparatuses for operating a portable device based on an accelerometer.’ Although no assignee was presented in the patent application’s template, a clear reference found under ‘description’ does in fact provide patent number 6768066, which is an Apple patent published in 2004. Just for the record, this patent presents 13 illustrations of a tablet PC and only 1 of a notebook. So make no mistake about it, this patent’s focus is on an Apple tablet! In Apple’s brief ‘Background of the Invention’ it states that ‘accelerometers are devices widely used for applications as diverse as vibration monitoring, appliance control, joysticks, industrial process control, space launches, satellite control, and many others,’” Neo reports for Macsimum News.

Full article with patent application illustrations here.

“In part 2 of “Buzz: Apple’s new accelerometer patent reveals a tablet PC,” it’s all about a wild new video game application for Apple’s accelerometer technology. It provides specific gaming examples of user as a driver and pilot and even provides a glimpse of how the accelerometer will be used in First Person Shooter games,” Neo reports.

Full article with more illustrations here.

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