Apple's new patent: iPod/iPhone backlight can be used as flash lighting for night running

Just, Apple Corp to apply for new patent -- consider stroboscopic backlighting using iPod/iPhone button / screen / music player interface as a flash to improve the safety of night runners. It is reported that the user can choose the mobile phone running at night iPhone habitually tied on the arm to listen to music, so the patent can be safety lights as night runners.

It is understood that apple appeared in today's "the key backlight can be used as a flash" new Apple patent, several examples are given to illustrate how to use it.

The first: although it usually adopts patent intensive language, but can also be used as a strobe light at night dance to achieve the lighting effect. It consists of a processor to control the transmission display playlists light from a plurality of play list, the processor is used for controlling intensity level preset pattern is assigned to the selected playlist of light, so that different patterns of music songs will be in accordance with the level of light transmission to display.

Second: through the example of support will be used as a safe light joggers. The computing device has a light source, the light source is configured to output the beacon light effect, when the user is in low or no light conditions, will automatically notify the other presence of user equipment; light effects may include scintillation, fade, disappear or optional pulse.

Interestingly, in fact, this patent is earlier this year on the application of the drawings, and the patent display device is a classic iPod; this apple pointed out that this is a continuation of a series of patent can be traced back to 2004.

However, the details of the patent but showed showed that it could be a media player, a iPhone or both devices. As with all Apple patents, also do not know whether this idea can really put it into actual products, look forward to.

Source: Zhongguancun Online

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