Apple applies for AR navigation patent The patent also mentions smart glasses The patent application mentions that AR na

Apple applies for AR navigation patent The patent also mentions smart glasses The patent application mentions that AR navigation technology can be used in products such as smartphones, tablets and smart glasses. We might as well venture to guess that after the Apple Watch, Apple will launch a new product line, and the new products are closely related to AR.

Cook recently reiterated Apple's interest in AR technology, but he still won't give any information about Apple's AR hardware or software. However, the search ability of the masses should not be underestimated, otherwise we would not have known what new products were coming out before Apple developed the conference. Recently, the vast number of Shentong fruit fans discovered that Apple has registered a patent for AR navigation technology, which is also the first AR technology developed by Apple after acquiring AR startup Flyby Media.

Apple's AR navigation patent, called Visual-based inertial navigation, allows devices to read data from sensors and cameras, such as accelerators and gyroscopes, and position themselves in three-dimensional space. Equipped with visual inertial navigation, the device can use images and parameters to locate in real time without GPS and networking, and the accuracy can reach the centimeter level.

The patent application also mentions that AR navigation technology can be used in products such as smartphones, tablets, and smart glasses. Since Apple mentioned smart glasses, we might as well venture to guess that Apple will launch a new product series after the Apple Watch, and the new products are closely related to AR.

In this AR navigation patent, Apple uses a technology called Sliding Window Reverse Filtering (SWF), which can reduce device consumption when calculating and analyzing image and location data. In other words, Apple wants to use the least amount of power and other device resources such as memory to help you locate yourself and let you know where you are in the building.

How SWF works: 1. Overlay the photos taken by the camera; 2. Processing of photographic information; 3. Track photo information features; 4. The sensor uses the information fed back by SWF to determine the status and location of the equipment and complete the positioning. SWF can be used not only for AR navigation on devices, but also for users to find lost items in specific spaces such as stores. Like other Apple's patented technologies published online, AR navigation technology may not be available on Apple's future products.

But at the very least, this patent tells us that Apple does take the development of AR technology very seriously. Computer goggles.