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Darren Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 2:52 pm Post subject: Apple Patents In-Car GPS with Safety Features |
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Apple files a great many patents, nothing new there. It is standard practice for any tech company to patent anything and everything just in case it is of future value.
However this patent relates to GPS and is for an in-car navigation system and more specifically safety features that prevent a driver from interacting with the device whilst in motion.
The patent filing states: "Many navigation systems use knobs and pushbuttons for entering destination and other information for use in determining driving directions. The accurate use of such input devices may force the driver to take her eyes off the road, resulting in a potentially hazardous condition."
The detail of the 11 page patent filing concerns methods of locking down the system or allowing operation by a passenger only. There are already systems in use that lock out access to the device when a vehicle is moving but the detail concerning sensors that can detect from which side of the vehicle a device is being operated are new.
It is a lengthy filing as is common with Patent filings but news of a patent that seek to restrict access will doubtless cause many to roll their eyes. _________________ Darren Griffin |
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bedbug Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 3:05 pm Post subject: |
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_________________ iPhone 4/4S (iOS 5.1.1); TomTom Western Europe (1.10)/USA & Canada (1.10); CoPilot for iPhone (8), UK mapping, Mac OS 10.8/XP Pro/Win7; Tongue firmly in cheek! |
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SpikeyMikey Lifetime Member
Joined: Mar 21, 2006 Posts: 858 Location: Hertfordshire. Forever blowing bubbles
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | The accurate use of such input devices may force the driver to take her eyes off the road, resulting in a potentially hazardous condition."
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This made me laugh.
Dons tin hat and hides in corner _________________ Mike
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Darren Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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ROTFL, for a moment there I thought it was my typo but no, for a change it's in the patent filing, nice! _________________ Darren Griffin |
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15257 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:19 pm Post subject: Re: Apple Patents In-Car GPS with Safety Features |
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Darren wrote: | The detail of the 11 page patent filing concerns methods of locking down the system or allowing operation by a passenger only. |
i presume then that apple believe it is safer for a passenger to lean over in front of the driver to control the satnav than the driver to do it?
what would stop the driver using their left hand to simulate being a passenger hand? maybe they could add fingerprint recognition to the touch screen...
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Darren Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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You haven't read the full patent then! _________________ Darren Griffin |
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GerryC Pocket GPS Moderator
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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Patent wrote: | 8. The method of claim 1, where input includes input provided by one or more sensors from a group of sensors consisting of: a touch-sensitive display, a seat sensor, a seatbelt sensor, an infrared sensor, a proximity sensor, an optical sensor, a biometric sensor and a digital camera. |
Can we say "overkill"?
With that many sensors, why can't it just "see" what the driver wants by hand waves etc without having to touch the screen at all? _________________ Gerry
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Darren Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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I think the key phrase is "one or more sensors"? I doubt they would ever prose employing them all at once. _________________ Darren Griffin |
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worried Lifetime Member
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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That OK then my Navman has a remote control
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Kar98 Lifetime Member
Joined: Nov 25, 2004 Posts: 344 Location: DFW, Texas, USA
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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GerryC wrote: | Patent wrote: | 8. The method of claim 1, where input includes input provided by one or more sensors from a group of sensors consisting of: a touch-sensitive display, a seat sensor, a seatbelt sensor, an infrared sensor, a proximity sensor, an optical sensor, a biometric sensor and a digital camera. |
Can we say "overkill"?
With that many sensors, why can't it just "see" what the driver wants by hand waves etc without having to touch the screen at all? |
They're just covering all the possible bases they could think of. They would have added "or any other method anybody might think of in the future, feasible or not", if it were allowed. |
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Mullet Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:13 am Post subject: |
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If this isn't an early April fools, I am wondering if they will patent a shiny retro fit to lock down other dangerous distractions like the radio, cig lighter, electric windows, cup holder, heater controls etc etc
Tv in a Beamers dash, fair enough but a navigational aid
They need to turn their policies upside down an concentrate on giving functionality for a change. |
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culzean Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:48 am Post subject: |
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I think that when satnavs are used properly they are actually a great aid to road safety, they remove the need for people to balance a map book on the steering wheel (yes I used to see this often) or on the passenger seat and keep looking down at it. They can take the stress out of driving in strange places and having to look out for speed and other cameras.
I think that drivers shouldn't be able to mess with them too much while the car is moving - I use the 'garmin lock' on mine to stop myself from being tempted to poke at the screen while zooming along. There are far too many distractions in cars today for my liking - including drivers phoning / texting while driving and ICE systems with loads of fiddly little multi-function buttons that are a real distraction. |
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