Noting patent owner’s prior litigation statements, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a district court ruling that a clear and unmistakable disclaimer in the.
Apple Patent Dives into Optical Sensing Cameras via Single-Photon Detectors Avalanche Diodes (SPADs) for Face ID & In-Air Gesturing
Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple relating to Apple s 3D TrueDepth camera used for Face ID and to capture in-air hand gesture controls in the future. Apple is now in race with Google, Samsung and Microsoft to bring this feature to market on a variety of devices from Notebooks to VR headsets.
In late December 2018 Patently Apple posted a report titled Apple could be onboard the 2019 3D Camera trend for Smartphones that will introduce In-Air Gesture Controls. The report covered a new 3D camera module from Sony that provided the capability of adding in-air gestures controls for apps and games as noted in the photo below.
Apple Describes the use of Multiple Millimeter Wave Antennas in Future iPhones that will provide superior 5G communications
Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that relates to possible next-gen millimeter wave antennas for future iPhones. The iPhone 12 Pro today offers a single side-firing 5G millimeter wave antenna window as presented in the image below. In the future, Apple may integrate multiple millimeter wave antennas, including face, side and rear-firing millimeter wave antennas and more. The new array of millimeter-wave antennas are designed to cooperate with each other so as to provide superior 5G millimeter-wave communications in various use cases.
Apple updates a string of inventions covering an iPad with a Backside Display, Tamper-Evident Security labels for iTunes Gift Cards & more
Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published a long string of invention updates covering an iPad with a backside display, tamper-evident security labels for iTunes Gift Cards, force touch for AirPods and many more. The first and main continuation covered is for security systems for concealing information. More particularly, the embodiments relate to peel-able, tamper-evident security labels for concealing visual information. This is used on Apple Gift Cards. The other patents covered only provide links to each of ten patents of interest.
TRADING UPDATES: Block Energy 2020 revenue jumps; Kanabo loss narrows
Wed, 2nd Jun 2021 19:10
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Wednesday and not separately reported by Alliance News:
Block Energy PLC - development and production company focused on Georgia - Reports revenue for 2020 of USD1.3 million compared to USD310,000 the year ago, resulting in pretax loss of USD5.5 million versus USD6.1 million in 2019. Block Energy says production of oil and gas from the two horizontal wells in its West Rustavi licence area was suspended in April 2020 to avoid selling oil at low prices. Despite that, the company says it sold 34,421 barrels, up from 5,210 barrels the year prior. Meanwhile, on February 15, the company says it has achieved its first gas sales.