It has no visible uprights but strong lines similar to those of Tesla’s cybertruck, the Apple Car prototype made by Vanarama. Based on the real patents obtained over time by the Cupertino giant, the British leasing company has developed on the computer what could be the exterior and interior parts of the vehicle that has been talked about for some time, on which however Apple has never spent a word. . The Apple Car concept, or as marketers would like, iCar, is inspired by Tesla’s 4-door electric-powered pick-up, presented in November 2019 and currently undergoing structural changes to adapt to homologation regulations. of the various countries where it will be sold.
Vanarama was based on two patents filed by Apple in the recent past for the bodywork. The first, known as US10309132B1, describes a pillarless vehicle structure. The construction is directly linked to a second patent, the US10384519B1, which provides customizable doors in the orientation, as well as the seats, to be rotated 360 degrees. The passenger compartment, whose development is based on at least three different patents, takes shapes and concepts close to Tesla’s Models, with a central computer extended vertically which, unlike Elon Musk’s vehicles, continues along the front, without interruption. , all with touch interface. Beyond design and aesthetics, including the front construction with Apple logos, the one created by Vanarama is the most complete and detailed Apple Car concept seen to date. At the end of 2020, Apple’s expert analyst Ming Chi Kuo predicted the car’s arrival no earlier than 2025.
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Apple is also developing its own drone. According to Patently Apple, the company has secured two patents describing small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that pair with a wireless controller or operated via an iPhone or Nintendo DS. Apple initially filed patents in Singapore “to keep the designs secret,” but has since also filed them with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The images in the patents depict a small drone with four rotors.
The patents would first be filed in May 2020 in Singapore, but would arrive in the US in February and April and would be awarded and confirmed to Apple on November 11, as Patently Apple first reported. A patent, titled “Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and Controller Association,” describes the use of wireless controllers to operate Apple’s UAV. The controllers, according to the patent application, would have at least one antenna to perform cellular communication with the drone. The UAVs would also be designed with a type of memory and processing elements that would allow them to recall previous tasks sent by controllers. The second patent, titled “Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Tracking and Control”, was reportedly filed in the United States on February 23, 2021. Unlike the other, this one describes the use of a smartphone, specifically Apple’s iPhone, to control the drone. The patent also discloses that a portable gaming system such as a Nintendo DS could control UAVs. As always in these cases, it is unclear if and when the patents filed by Apple can translate into real products.
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