“The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 55 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today,” Jack Purcher reports for Patently Apple.
“In this particular report we cover another Apple patent that was gained when acquiring the Israeli firm PrimeSense,” Purcher reports. “You could also review five additional high-end 3D camera related PrimeSense patents here. The imaging device noted in the patent appears to be a next-gen Kinect-Like device.”
“Considering that one of its primary applications is for interacting with games, you have to wonder how close Apple is in delivering such a device,” Purcher reports. “Is it years away or something that Apple could integrate into a next generation of Apple TV?”
Read more, and see Apple’s patent application illustrations, in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Hmm…
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