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Tag: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. patent reveals Apple Watch blood pressure sensor

Thursday, August 4, 2022 8:51 amThursday, August 4, 20222 Comments

The USPTO on Thursday published an Apple patent application that shows the company is working on blood pressure measurement…

Apple patent reveals new AirPods Max Smart Case

Tuesday, July 5, 2022 8:33 am2 Comments

When Apple introduced their fAirPods Max in December 2020, fans of premium headphones raved, but its “AirPods Max Smart Case” was…

Apple granted U.S. patent for enhanced under-display Touch ID method

Tuesday, November 16, 2021 12:15 pm8 Comments

On Tuesday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially granted Apple a patent that reveals their work on yet another method of Touch ID…

U.S. Supreme Court reins in power of patent tribunal judges

Tuesday, June 22, 2021 9:27 amTuesday, June 22, 20213 Comments

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office tribunal that has gained a reputation for canceling patents …

U.S. Supreme Court to rule on constitutionality of patent tribunal used by Apple

Monday, March 1, 2021 4:59 pm10 Comments

U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday said they will rule on constitutionality of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office tribunal used by Apple…

Apple patent application shows continued work on AirPower-like device

Tuesday, June 11, 2019 11:25 amTuesday, June 11, 20191 Comment

Apple may have abandoned plans for its AirPower wireless charger, but that doesn’t mean the company has abandoned plans for such a device…

Gene Munster: Apple has cornered the market in VCSELs, further expanding their AR lead

Wednesday, August 8, 2018 2:15 pm1 Comment

Apple’s key iPhone X augmented reality component supplier, Lumentum, reported better than expected results…

Tim Bajarin: How Apple could deliver the ‘next’ big thing in personal computing

Monday, July 16, 2018 2:04 pmMonday, July 16, 201820 Comments

From my years of tracking Apple, two very consistent threads seem to drive Apple’s strategy…

Analyst: Augmented reality could be an $8 billion revenue opportunity for Apple

Tuesday, July 10, 2018 2:08 pmTuesday, July 10, 20186 Comments

Apple’s move into augmented reality could boost iPhone and App Store sales…

Why Apple is positioned to dominate the AR/VR headset market

Thursday, May 31, 2018 4:30 pmThursday, May 31, 20186 Comments

Despite being a relatively small and young industry, the market for virtual reality and augmented reality-based devices…

Golfshot introduces Golfscape AR augmented reality feature exclusive to Apple’s iOS devices

Thursday, May 31, 2018 11:25 amThursday, May 31, 20181 Comment

Golfshot’s augmented reality feature Golfscape AR is now available for all iOS users of the Golfshot app…

I can’t wait to use a virtual iMac

Thursday, February 22, 2018 12:02 pmThursday, February 22, 20185 Comments

iPhones will eventually become trucks, the people who use them will do lots with them…

Inside Cupertino’s upcoming breakthrough product: Apple Glass

Thursday, February 15, 2018 11:36 amThursday, February 15, 201815 Comments

Apple is working on something big. And if all goes according to plan, that something could eventually replace the iPhone…

Apple moves toward what could be its greatest victory

Thursday, February 15, 2018 11:04 amThursday, February 15, 201810 Comments

Having played a lot of chess, I like to think about the probable strategy of secretive companies…

Apple, Facebook, and Google met with AR headset parts suppliers during CES 2018

Friday, January 12, 2018 5:00 pmFriday, January 12, 2018No Comments

Companies are racing to be the first to get lightweight augmented reality glasses into consumers’ hands…

Apple acquires Canadian augmented reality headset startup Vrvana

Tuesday, November 21, 2017 11:32 pmTuesday, November 21, 2017No Comments

As Apple reportedly ramps up work to ship an augmented reality headset in 2020…

Apple working on rear-facing 3D time-of-flight sensor for 2019 iPhone

Tuesday, November 14, 2017 9:27 amTuesday, November 14, 20174 Comments

Apple Inc. is working on a rear-facing 3-D sensor system for the iPhone in 2019…

What problems will Apple’s AR glasses need to solve?

Monday, November 13, 2017 5:28 pmMonday, November 13, 201715 Comments

Apple is developing AR glasses, and an OS to make them useful…

Apple working on augmented reality headset running ‘rOS’ to ship as early as 2020

Wednesday, November 8, 2017 8:35 amWednesday, November 8, 201710 Comments

Apple aims to have technology ready for an augmented-reality headset in 2019 and could ship a product as early as 2020…

Leaked document details Apple employee eye injuries, hints at Apple AR glasses

Thursday, April 20, 2017 4:40 pm13 Comments

An incident report compiled by an Environment Health and Safety contractor working for Apple…

Apple is working on several AR products, including glasses, but first in iPhone, sources say

Monday, March 20, 2017 9:59 amMonday, March 20, 201712 Comments

Investors impatient for Apple’s next breakthrough will be happy to know that Cook is very serious about A…

Apple CEO Cook on Augmented Reality: ‘I regard it as a big idea like the smartphone’

Friday, February 10, 2017 5:34 pmSaturday, February 11, 201724 Comments

Tim Cook has been having quite the week. On Monday and Tuesday he was whistlestopping round France and Germany…

Why Apple will make smart glasses

Wednesday, January 25, 2017 5:32 pmWednesday, January 25, 201740 Comments

It’s hard to picture Apple selling smart glasses. But it’s also hard to picture them not doing it…

Apple has to start addressing these problems in 2017

Tuesday, December 27, 2016 10:30 amWednesday, February 8, 201759 Comments

Apple had some real problems in 2016 and, if the company wants to stay at the peak of relevancy…

Apple’s next-gen flagship OLED iPhone is codenamed ‘Ferrari’

Tuesday, December 20, 2016 4:25 pmTuesday, December 20, 201621 Comments

Apple will release three models of iPhones next year, codenamed D20, D21 and D22…

All of iPhone 8’s OLED version will be curved, sources say

Monday, December 19, 2016 4:28 pmMonday, December 19, 20168 Comments

All of Apple’s iPhone 8 OLED versions will be curved…

Apple hires Porsche racecar engineer

Friday, December 16, 2016 10:57 am19 Comments

Computer and mobile phone giant Apple hired Alexander Hitzinger…

KGI expects Apple to see all-time record iPhone demand in 2017; wireless charging on all next-gen iPhone models

Tuesday, November 29, 2016 2:44 pmTuesday, November 29, 20163 Comments

Apple is ramping for its biggest iPhone sales success ever next year, according to KGI…

Apple says OLED finally ready for iPhones, but most suppliers still aren’t

Thursday, November 17, 2016 4:30 pm6 Comments

Apple Inc. has big plans to outfit its next iPhone with vibrant, energy-sipping organic LED displays…

Analyst: Apple’s next-gen 5.8-inch OLED iPhone to have 5.1-5.2-inch active display area

Thursday, November 17, 2016 9:33 am6 Comments

Apple’s premium iPhone model will have a 5.8-inch OLED panel, but with a smaller actual active display area of between 5.1 and 5.2 inches

Apple working to integrate Augmented Reality capabilities into iPhone’s Camera app

Thursday, November 17, 2016 12:12 am7 Comments

Apple has a team of people working on integrating augmented reality functionality…

No, Apple’s next big thing won’t be smart glasses

Wednesday, November 16, 2016 2:01 pmWednesday, November 16, 201611 Comments

Apple is working on glasses that include augmented-reality features…

Apple Specs: Smart glasses that people will want to wear

Wednesday, November 16, 2016 9:01 amWednesday, November 16, 20167 Comments

Apple is seriously exploring the idea of developing a pair of smart glasses that can present users with…

Apple considers move into smart glasses

Monday, November 14, 2016 9:48 pmWednesday, November 16, 201621 Comments

Apple Inc. is weighing an expansion into digital glasses, a risky but potentially lucrative area of wearable computing…

Apple’s skyrocketing R&D investments explained

Wednesday, November 2, 2016 4:07 pmWednesday, November 2, 201622 Comments

Even though a good chunk of that now quite large research-and-development budget is probably being spent in

What does Apple get for $10 billion of R&D?

Friday, October 28, 2016 4:02 pm33 Comments

Apple seems to have some big things cooking up…

Analysts: Apple’s innovation will pay off… eventually

Wednesday, October 26, 2016 9:26 am13 Comments

Despite a third straight quarter of lower year-over-year sales, Apple is looking ahead to some…

Should Apple be more bullish on Virtual Reality?

Monday, October 24, 2016 5:30 pmMonday, October 24, 201621 Comments

Once submerged in the world of VR, it quickly becomes evident that the potential…

Apple CEO Tim Cook: ‘We are high on Augmented Reality for the long run’

Friday, October 14, 2016 9:58 am5 Comments

When it comes to virtual and augmented reality, Apple is…

iPhone 7 Plus is the starting point of Apple’s major push into augmented reality

Wednesday, September 28, 2016 5:35 pmWednesday, September 28, 2016No Comments

The two cameras that make up the dual-camera system found in the iPhone 7 Plus are a pair of ‘smart eyes’ that will alter the way we use an iPhone…

iPhone 7 Plus proves Apple is gearing up for augmented reality

Tuesday, September 27, 2016 10:57 amTuesday, September 27, 20165 Comments

The iPhone 7 Plus could be Apple’s first major step into augmented reality…

What iPhone 7 says about Apple’s future augmented reality plans

Monday, September 19, 2016 2:58 pmMonday, September 19, 20165 Comments

I believe Apple’s next big iPhone release is going to feature augmented reality technology…

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