Arriving at the mall or at the conference in an unfamiliar city, motorists face two challenging task: first, find a parking spot close to the ultimate goal, and then - to find your car in the parking lot. Apple has decided that motorists can solve this problem using the iPhone. The company's patented technology, which makes it easy to find the car in the parking lot.
According to patent applications Apple, released on Friday Patent Office and Trademark United States, "apple" smartphones will learn to automatically determine where the driver parked his car and then finds it, without requiring a connection to the network or GPS. We are talking about two documents entitled "Location of the vehicle in low signal strength" and "Automatic positioning of the car."
As conceived by engineers Apple, iPhone users will have a convenient feature that can automatically detect when and where a man parked the car, and then keep this point on the map and build it the shortest route.
Smartphone communicates with the onboard computer of the car via Bluetooth, defining stop the vehicle and turn off the engine. The system then begins to track the movement of the user and its distance from the car. Thus, instead of GPS, the use of which is not always possible, the system will rely on the built-in sensors iPhone - an accelerometer that may be used for determining the direction and speed of movement. If necessary, a special supplement on the map show the location of the car and the arrow will point in the right direction.
It is worth noting that in the past year, Apple has patented technology that allows you to control the functions of the car using the iPhone, for example, in the event that the person has forgotten the ignition keys. Owner of the smartphone, again through the network Bluetooth, which can connect to the on-board system of his car and remotely manage its various functions.