An Applepatent applicationpublished on Thursday suggests that Apple is working on a charging gym mat that uses the orientation of a twist on its open to limit which docking office the exploiter wish to carry out .
Apple Insiderfirst discoveredthe letters patent , entitled “ machine Orientation Based Docking Functions , ” which key out a dockage that would allow exploiter to place their machine , such as an iPhone , iPod , iPad or camera , on the surface of the invention for charging , data transfer , sync and more .
“ A aerofoil may be provided , upon which a exploiter devices may be placed , ” reads the patent verbal description . “ A determination may be made , by the exploiter machine , a docking machine , or other processing equipment , as to whether the user gimmick has been placed on the surface . Based on this determination , a tying up function may be select from more than one docking function based on the forcible orientation of the drug user twist on the surface . ”
For exemplar , a user could localize their iPhone onto the mat face up for charging and syncing , or face down for charge only . The pier will also be capable to synchronise and transfer data between two devices localise on the flatness simultaneously .
The dockage could also be get in touch to international devices , admit speakers , for example , for audio outturn from the docked gadget .
It is unclear whether Apple plan bring a tying up mat such as the one covered in the patent to market , and , when demand why theiPhone 5doesn’t have inductive charge capability , Apple ’s SVP of worldwide marketing Phil Schiller said : “ have to create another twist you have to stop up into the wall is actually , for most berth , more complicated . ”
Apple has also applied for a patent that bear on to flexible exhibit that act as talker and give tactile feedback , which could be introduced with the iPhone 6 in 2013 .
