Apple already has in its possession another patent and in this case directly related to something that has been rumored these days prior to the launch of the new iPhone and previously, and that will possibly continue to be rumored in the coming weeks, facial recognition. In this case we can see that the registered patent talks about the detection of faces in some videos that we have previously recorded with the camera of the device, in this case an iPhone. The patent is linked to infrared light capable of creating a map that allows full face recognition.
Apple could use this patent in many of its devices, including a new Mac or iPad, but for the moment what is clear is that they have just incorporated the fingerprint sensor in Macs, so you have to be patient in this regard. On the other hand, we do not see the implementation of facial recognition incompatible with the fingerprint sensor, Touch ID, so We do not believe that one will be changed for another, they will simply be compatible on the same device.
Undoubtedly when we talk about patents and Apple, a good and bad thought comes to us at the same time, since most of them simply end up in nothing or money for the company if other brands want to implement the patented technology. In any case, Apple continues to be the company with the most patents among technology companies and this can always mean that some of them become a reality in their devices, which yes, it has already happened on some occasion we do not rule out that this about facial recognition can not do it, but from the registration of the patent to the possible implementation it usually takes a while.