Amadivayisi we-Apple angalawulwa ngokulandela umkhondo noma ukuthinta, lokhu ngokusho kwezimpawu ze-patent esanda kushicilelwa, echaza ucwaningo lwe-Apple kufayela le- Ubuchwepheshe bemephu ye-3D yokujula.
Ubuchwepheshe buzosuselwa ohlotsheni lwemephu yokujula ye-3D, esanda kusetshenziswa kwilensi entsha entsha ye-iPhone 7 Plus, kepha izosebenza lokhu ezindleleni ezintsha abasebenzisi abaxhumana ngazo neMac yabo noma nekhompyutha. Apple TV nge ukusetshenziswa kokuthinta emoyeni noma kokulandela iso ukuzula kumamenyu nokuqukethwe okuvela esibukweni.
I-patent ikunikeza ukubuka konke ukuthi lobu buchwepheshe bungasebenza kanjani, ngokuhlanganisa imephu ye-3D yabasebenzisi enesithombe se-2D esisetshenziswa isistimu ukuthola ukuthi ubani osebenzisanayo.
Ukuba yi-patent, okunye ukusetshenziswa okuchazwa yi-Apple kubanzi impela. Ngokwesibonelo, Akucaci ngokuphelele ukuthi uhlelo lwe-laser mapping lokuqashelwa kwezandla luzosebenza kanjani ngokubambisana nohlelo. Kunemikhondo, efana nomqondo wokuthi umsebenzisi angapheqa ekhasini lewebhu esebenzisa ukubuka kwabo, noma ukhethe izinketho esibukweni ngokukhomba kuso.
Lokhu yinto i-Apple ezogcina isisebenzisa njengomqondo wokuhlola we-R & D, kepha njengoba kuphawuliwe, ubuchwepheshe obufanayo sebuvele buvele ku-iPhone. Njengoba kubonakala ngobuchwepheshe beSiri ne-3D Touch, i-Apple ngokuqinisekile ikhombisile ukuzimisela kwayo ukwethula ubuchwepheshe obuthile kudivayisi bese unweba ukusebenza kwazo ngokuziyisa kwamanye amadivayisi.
I-Apple ayaziwa kule ndawo, isebenze isikhashana ngamalungelo obunikazi e-3D okokuqala ngaphezulu kwengxenye yeminyaka eyishumi eyedlule, ngo-2009, ngenkathi ithola inkampani yePrimeSense.