text: Original by Dongchedi Cailimei
[Original by Dongchedi Industry] Recently, according to foreign media reports, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded the new patent of Apple's "Titan Project": computer system for automatic analysis of sensor data. In the future, law enforcement can use the camera system on Apple car to track vehicles or personnel that may pose a security threat in cities and suburbs.
Source: Overseas Digital Information "Patently Apple"
It is reported that in view of the security challenges and threats faced by modern urban and suburban environments, video surveillance is crucial to obtaining evidence and helps to respond to emergencies in a timely manner.
In the application of videos recorded by surveillance cameras for evidence collection and analysis, first of all, when an abnormal event is triggered, the camera should capture important relevant data as much as possible no matter when the event occurs. Second, the resolution and quality of the captured data must be high enough to facilitate the investigator afterwards.
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Due to the high cost of storage and other hardware, many security cameras may not be high-definition, but capture videos at low resolution, so details may be lost, such as blurring of the suspect/perpetrator's face or the details of the investigator (such as license plate) are too rough to be used for subsequent investigations.
According to the patent introduction, in some actual scenarios, this patent technology can be applied to the analysis of video data, and these data can be obtained from surveillance cameras, autonomous vehicles, etc.
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It is worth mentioning that according to a joint survey data from Nikkei index and analysis company IP Landscape, Apple applied for and published 248 automobile-related patents after 2000.
patent application covers autonomous driving and other vehicle software, as well as hardware related to ride comfort (such as seats and suspension), Internet of Vehicles (V2X) technology, etc. The most applied patents are communications and navigation patents, followed by driverless driving. Although
has been applying for automobile patents, the road to building cars in Apple can be said to be full of twists and turns.
It is understood that Joe Bass, head of software engineering project management at Apple's car team, left the company in January after working for seven years. With Bass' departure, almost all of Apple's car management teams left, and Bloomberg believes that the reason for the high turnover rate is that Apple's leaders have set unrealistic goals for the team.
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In March this year, Tianfeng International analyst Ming-Chi Kuo revealed in his personal account that the Apple Apple Car project team has been disbanded for some time. He also said, "If Apple Car wants to achieve mass production in 2025, it must re-establish the team within 3-6 months."
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Subsequently, in early July this year, foreign media reported that Apple Car's latest design direction is to set up four inward-facing seats in the car so that passengers can talk face to face, and there is also a curved ceiling similar to the roof of Volkswagen Beetle .
According to the latest news, Guo Mingchi recently stated that Apple may establish a brand new Apple Car project team by the end of 2022.
