El I-Apple Watch Kusenguqulo yayo yokuqala, kepha kulindeleke ukuthi, kwesinye isikhathi ngo-2016, kwethulwe imodeli entsha. Leyo modeli ingafaka okuvezwe kufayela le- i-patent, uhlelo oluzovumela i- SmartWatch lungisa ivolumu yomsindo we-iPhone noma uqaphele ngezici ezithile ezisuselwa ku- umsindo ozungezile. Lokhu kungaba wusizo, ngokwesibonelo, ezindaweni ezinomsindo kakhulu, lapho izaziso zingabonakali, noma ziphambene nje, lapho kunomsindo omncane kakhulu futhi kungakuhle uma izaziso zizwakala ziphansi.
I-patent, efakwe ngaphansi kwegama elithiUkulawulwa kwevolumu yamadivayisi eselula asebenzisa idivayisi engenantambo«Ichaza ukuthi i-Apple Watch ingayisebenzisa kanjani imakrofoni yayo ukulalela umsindo we-ambient ngezikhathi ezithile noma ngemuva kokuvuselelwa ukwenza njalo. Isistimu ibizosebenzisa idatha eqoqiwe ukuhlaziya umehluko phakathi komsindo wangemuva nezinga levolumu yokuxwayisa ukulungisa zombili ngendlela elula kakhulu. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uhlelo futhi sikwazi ukubona ukuthi siyilondoloze kanjani i-iPhone futhi silungise ivolumu yomsindo ukuze sikwazi ukuwuzwa kangcono.
Isibonelo, i-iPhone ithumela isignali yomsindo ku-Apple Watch ngaphambi kokudlala umsindo. Iwashi lihlaziya isignali ye-waveform bese liyilinganisa nesethenjwa esigciniwe kusuka kumsindo we-ambient. Ngaleso sikhathi, i-Apple Watch ithumela umyalo ofanele wokukhulisa noma ukunciphisa ivolumu yokukhipha ye-iPhone. Isistimu nayo ingasetshenziselwa ukuhlunga amasiginali womsindo atholwa yimisebenzi yokulawula eyenziwe yasebenza ngezwi, njenge khulisa ibanga lomzimba umsebenzisi angalenza lisebenze iSiri ngomyalo "Hey Siri".
Njengoba sihlala sisho, ukuthi ilungelo lobunikazi selifakiwe akusho ukuthi sizolibona komunye umkhiqizo, kepha kuyasiza ukwazi ukuthi inkampani isebenza ngani. Kepha, uma sibheka emuva, i-iPhone 5 isivele ifake imakrofoni ebisivumela ukuthi sizwe izingxoxo kangcono, ngakho-ke akufanele kusimangaze uma i-Apple ifaka lokho okuchazwa yile patent ngokuzayo.
