While we ’re allwonderingwhen a chip update is coming to the current iMac , Apple is working on possible new feature we could see down the road . plainly Applereports that Apple has been granted a new patent for a feature that would admit the iMac to envision an image to a wall , desktop , or other surface .
Patent US-11630485 - B2 is titled , “ Housing social organization and input - output gimmick for electronic twist ” and Paul X. Wang and Joshua P. Song are list as the inventors . The patent of invention ’s abstract name a “ rear housing bulwark [ that ] may have a looking glass portion or other transparent structure through which projector project images onto nearby surfaces ” and that there could also be detector that obtain twinkle , practicably for wireless connections .
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The patent of invention also posit that the iMac would include “ gaze detective work sensors , three - dimensional icon sensors , cameras , and other ingredient , ” which sound like the sensor necessary for Face ID .
Another component described in the patent filing is the standpoint , which would have a “ glass planner portion ” and it would put up “ a pixel array , a wireless communications racing circuit , and a wireless mogul circuit . ”
Though the patent does n’t explicitly submit that the described features are for an iMac , the diagrams and descriptions seem to check , and the patent of invention refer to a “ computer ” in its summary . Feasibly , an Apple video display can be outfitted with the described features .
Say that Apple does release an iMac that can project an range of a function . What for ? It can be used for on-line meeting and FaceTime calls . The iMac is often used as a telly in low room , so it can be used in an entertainment eye in a larger room . Apple could also boost it as a play feature film , though gamers would argue that GPU performance and the uncommitted library are the issues , not the display .
Apple files patent frequently and many of the products and features Apple files never get released to the general public – anyone remember Apple’spatent for ego - lacing shoes ? The iMac projector patent of invention does seem more feasible than the brake shoe , and if it does happen , it may be a duad of days .
