Apple researching automatic Memoji creation from your photos
A future version of the Memoji feature on iPhone and iPad might be able to automatically generate a virtual three-dimensional avatar from users’ photographs.
Patents
Apple patents detail Apple Watch bands with skin texture authentication and more
Apple has gotten approval for a trio of new patent applications, detailing new features for the Apple Watch including a self-tightening strap, skin texture authentication, and more.
Apple is researching eye tracking solutions for its rumored augmented reality headset
Apple is rumored to be working on an advanced augmented reality headset. Its latest patent filing offers a glimpse into how accurate and reliable gaze tracking could permit users to interact with a computer-generated environment more easily than with hands.
Apple’s rumored over-the-ear headphones could feature orientation detection and a folding headband for easy transport
Apple’s been researching small over-the-ear headphone designs with a foldable headband and orientation detection.
Appeals court rules Apple must pay VirnetX $440 million in patent case
A U.S. appeals court has upheld a judgement against Apple worth $440 million, reports Reuters. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied the iPhone-maker’s request to throw out the 2016 jury verdict, which found it guilty of infringing on patents belonging to VirnetX.
Apple to stop selling iPhone 7 and 8 in Germany as Qualcomm secures another sales ban
After a German court concluded that Apple is in violation of a Qualcomm hardware patent, Apple said it would pull some iPhone models from its own stores in the country.
Apple confirms iOS 12.1.2 circumvents Qualcomm patents in China
Apple’s acknowledged that the iPhone-exclusive iOS 12.1.2 software update has indeed circumvented a pair of Qualcomm patents, despite Qualcomm’s claims to the contrary.
Qualcomm claims Apple’s most recent iOS 12.1.2 update hasn’t circumvented its patents
Qualcomm claims that the Cupertino tech giant “continues to flout the legal” by remaining in violation of a Chinese court’s orders to stop selling iPhones 6s through iPhone X.
Apple will push special iOS updates in China to circumvent Qualcomm licensing issues
Apple will soon release special iOS updates to its Chinese customers that were specifically created to circumvent a pair of patents, owned by Qualcomm, which are essential to an iPhone injunction that the chip maker has won recently in the 1.33 billion people country.
Future AirPods could track your heart rate and body temperature via built-in health sensors
Apple’s health-tracking AirPods patent describes wireless earbuds that incorporate sensors capable of measuring your heart rate and body temperature.
Animoji could get sound effects and voices based on specific facial expressions
Sound and voice could play a bigger role in Animoji as Apple seems to have come up with additional ideas to make the feature even more fun, per a recent patent application.
Apple is researching piezo sensors for sleep monitoring
A new patent application published Thursday has indicated that the Cupertino technology giant might be researching sleep monitoring hardware of its own.
