The iPhone 8 is on everyone's lips, not only for the supposed improvements that it will bring with it but also for all the technology that it could bring inside. It is unknown what the final position of the Touch ID will be in the device, just as we do not know if there will be more ways to unlock a terminal that will revolutionize the market.
El facial unlocking It could be one of the assets that Apple would have up its sleeve, not only because of the rumors of recent months but also because of the appearance of a new patent which shows how a Mac can be induced to activate after the presence of a face, a technology that could be integrated into the new iPhone.
Patents could bring face unlocking closer to iPhone 8
The patent shows a clear function: facial unlocking of a Mac. But if we dig deeper into the proprietary feature, we can see that it goes much further than getting access to the device's desktop. As is induced from the figures published in the patent, we could be talking about the Mac at rest could carry out determined actions with minimal energy consumption.
An example of this would be based on the fact that a Mac at rest would use resources to detect faces abroad. If so and detect a possible face, the system would boot leaving the repose and facial unlocking would be carried out. But not only would we be able to wake up the Mac with the detection of the face, but it would also induce it to come out of sleep certain skin color tones or certain movements of the owner.
In short, a patent that shows a smart Mac that would be able to analyze the external situation using sensors and cameras to interact with the user to unlock the system. Great features that could finally be brought to the iPhone 8 as We do not know all the patents that Apple has registered. In this case, it is the patent 15/445623 Apple registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office.