Sina Science and Technology News on the evening of August 31, Beijing time, it is reported thatAppleAccording to a technology patent obtained by the company today, Apple IncThe Apple Car, an electric car under development, may be equipped with a LED screen on the outside of its body to tell drivers and pedestrians around what Apple Car is doing or is about to do.
Given that Apple Inc has been testing on public roads for years, the long-rumored Apple Inc car Apple Car is expected to include some form of self-driving technology. Although Apple Inc seems to focus on identifying roads and responding to conditions when testing autopilot, he must also be able to handle some other driving functions.
One of the problems is to instruct other drivers what to do next. Currently, if you want to know where the car ahead is going, you can get a clue through the silhouette of the driver in front (general outline) or other smaller driving behavior. But if the car ahead is a self-driving car, it may not get clues in the same way.
Today, Apple Inc obtained a new patent license from the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). Apple Inc said in the patent description of the patent called "external Lighting and warning system" that the autopilot system can provide more clear information to other users on the road. Apple Inc believes that more complex lighting systems can be used to do the same job, rather than the simple indicators that are usually used.
In short, Apple Inc's system includes displays placed on and around the vehicle, which may be an "all-embracing" LED light belt. This long display can show all kinds of information to other people on the road, not just that the brakes have been turned on, or that they want to drive to the left or right.
It may also include more detailed braking information, the relative speed of the car to the other car behind, the countdown timer for the next move, and other information. They can be text, or they can be made up of graphics and video. For drivers who are parking, the display can display a farewell message, or when the driver comes from a distance, the display can welcome users into the vehicle.
It was reported in December that Apple Inc was promoting self-driving car technology, with the goal of producing a passenger car that could include its own breakthrough battery technology as early as 2024. Guo Mingyi, a well-known Apple Inc analyst, believes that Apple Inc's electric car will not be released until 2025 at the earliest.
Nobel laureate Akira Yoshino, the father of lithium batteries, said in an interview last week that Apple Inc would have to release something before the end of this year if he was to launch an Apple Car electric car by 2025.