The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has officially granted Apple two new patents for Project Titan, expanding its "Find My" device service for lost devices in the car, and an advanced sensor system for self-driving cars. A vehicle with a camera system that, in addition to reconstructing the scene in 3D, is also able to capture panoramic images while driving.
'Find My' service for future vehicles
Apple states in the background of the patent that occupants of the vehicle can bring mobile devices into the vehicle. Once inside the vehicle, the occupant can place the mobile device somewhere in the cabin. From time to time, mobile devices may shift, fall to the floor, or slip into places in vehicles that are difficult to see or access. As a result, mobile devices are often lost in vehicles. Current methods for locating mobile devices in vehicles require human involvement and are inconvenient.
Apple's new patent covers systems and methods designed to determine the location of a mobile device in a vehicle. The vehicle includes an on-board computer and one or more signal generators and/or sensors inside the vehicle. The signal generators and/or sensors are configured to interact with other signal generators and/or sensors on mobile devices within the vehicle. Based on the interaction between the vehicle signal generator and/or sensor and the mobile device signal generator and/or sensor, the vehicle's on-board computer may determine the position and/or orientation of the mobile device within the vehicle. The vehicle may provide features using the location and/or orientation of the mobile device.
Since Apple released AirTag, everyone has paid more attention to the anti-lost of items. Apple's Find My can find iPhone, Mac, AirPods, and Apple Watch. Today's Find My can not only find Apple devices, but also with third-party devices. Joining will enrich the territory of Find My Network. The product and Find My can realize the function of intelligent anti-lost.
Features supported by Find My
Harmful Tracking Detection: This feature notifies users of accessories that may not be recognized normally, and tracks the location of such accessories over time.
Lost mode setting number: Support setting specific devices or accessories into lost mode through this network, and you can also set a reserved number for people to contact you when they are found.
Find the location of the lost device: When a user loses a device, it can be marked as lost mode, and then the device information will be transmitted to each other in the Bluetooth network. Finally, when a user's Bluetooth detects the lost item, it will transmit its approximate location back to the original lost user to help the user find the device quickly.
Control the device to play sound: You can remotely initiate the play of sound to help users find accessories. This action supports both accessory owners and non-owners. After finding the approximate location of the accessory, the user can make the owner's iOS device sound a reminder, and the owner cancels the reminder to find the device.
In the future, Find My will become an independent network, and the addition of third-party devices will enrich the territory of Find My Network. Find My Network will provide third-party interfaces to provide better services. It will not destroy user privacy, except for the user, Apple and third parties will not know the specific location of the mobile phone. Apple's Find My technology uses Apple devices' Bluetooth wireless signals to create a device network to find lost items, and they will work with third-party companies to create Find My Network anti-lost products.
ST17H6x Apple Find My chip
Support Find My Network
Built-in 64 KB SRAM, 96 KB ROM storage space, and support multiple external SPI, PWM, DMA, UART
Support SIG-Mesh, support multiple nodes Friend, LowPower, Proxy, Relay
Perfect security mechanism: based on AES -128 algorithm hardware encryption, hardware accelerator supporting encryption algorithm
Rich communication interface and GPIO pins, can support various scenarios and complex applications
ST17H6x chip is used in Apple Find My application
ST17H6x multi-scenario application average power consumption
Lenze Technology has applied the Find My function in many Bluetooth product solutions. Practical application scenarios of the Find My function: children's watches, car keys, pet collars, anti-lost shoes, smart crutches, anti-lost schoolbags, wallets, and card holders. (tingting is a brand of Lenze Technology, which mainly provides Apple Find My service and applies it to major IoT products)