蘋果可能會將凹槽和面部識別碼帶入MacBooks

蘋果可能會將凹槽和面部識別碼帶入MacBooks

A new patent filed by Apple with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has revealed the company's plan to introduce the iPhone's display notch and Face ID biometric system to its MacBook lineup (via Apple Insider). The patent details how Apple intends to achieve this with a compact form given the "the amount of limited space available with internal cavities of these computing devices".

蘋果公司向美國專利和商標局提交的一項新專利披露，該公司計劃將iPhone的顯示凹槽和面部識別生物識別系統(tǒng)引入其MacBook系列產品(通過Apple Insider)。這項專利詳細說明了蘋果公司打算如何利用“這些計算設備的內部有限空間”，以一種緊湊的形式實現(xiàn)這一目標。

The patent application shows a system that incorporates sensors into the Mac for light emission. The pattern of light (infrared) projected at the user will then be reflected and detected by the computer for identity authentication. The drawings found in the filing also indicates that Apple could change the existing design of the MacBook's display by adding a notch to it in order to house the "light pattern recognition module". If that sounds familiar, that's because this is the same system used by Apple on its recent iPhone devices, starting with the iPhone X series.

這項專利申請展示了一個將傳感器整合到Mac中的發(fā)光系統(tǒng)。投射在使用者身上的光線(紅外線)模式會被電腦反射和偵測，以進行身份認證。文件中發(fā)現(xiàn)的圖紙還表明，蘋果可以改變MacBook現(xiàn)有的顯示屏設計，在上面加一個凹槽，以便放置“光模式識別模塊”。如果這聽起來很熟悉，那是因為這是蘋果從iPhone X系列開始，在其最近的iPhone設備上使用了相同的系統(tǒng)。

Although Apple could consider adopting the same approach for bringing Face ID to MacBooks, it's also possible that other designs could be considered such as a "circle, an ellipse, a polygonal shape, a series of polygonal shapes, a curvilinear shape" or any practical partition for the module. That said, the patent application does not necessarily translate to a future product.

盡管蘋果可以考慮采用同樣的方法將Face ID帶到macbook上，但也有可能考慮其他設計，例如“圓形、橢圓形、多邊形、一系列多邊形、曲線形”或模塊的任何實際分區(qū)。也就是說，專利申請不一定轉化為未來的產品。