Tokyo: Apple has ramped up its efforts to develop a self-driving automobile, and has filed a number of new patents in software program and {hardware} associated to driving consolation, comparable to seats and suspension, the media reported on Monday.
The iPhone maker can also be engaged on vehicle-to-everything (V2X) know-how, which permits automobiles to speak with one another and hook up with the Web of Issues (IoT), studies Nikkei Asia, together with analytics firm Mental Property Panorama.
The report discovered that from 2000 to June 1 of this yr, Apple utilized for and revealed 248 automobile-related patents.
Whereas most of Apple’s functions in 2021 have but to be revealed, eight have been revealed.
In January 2021, Hyundai Motor was mentioned to be in talks with Apple about self-driving know-how. The South Korean automaker later denied this.
Apple stays tight-lipped about its self-driving ambitions.
The corporate has reportedly employed veteran Ford govt Desi Ujkashevic, because the iPhone maker plans to launch an electrical automobile in 2024.
Ujkashevic, who’s Ford’s international director of security engineering, will be part of Apple to assist it develop a totally electrical autonomous automobile.
She labored on a variety of Ford and Lincoln SUVs, in addition to Ford’s Fiesta and Focus compact automobiles.
In keeping with a report in TheElec earlier this yr, Apple partnered with a South Korean outsourced semiconductor meeting and testing (OSAT) firm to develop its automobile’s autopilot know-how.
Apple Automobile can also be anticipated to make use of LED screens all around the automobile to tell different drivers what the self-driving system is doing.
The show would present braking info, the pace of the automobile, and different messages within the type of graphics in addition to video.
The upcoming Apple Automobile is predicted to make use of a ‘C1’ chip based mostly on the A12 Bionic processor, with in-cabin AI capabilities comparable to eye-tracking.
