Apple could have canceled its plans for an Apple Automotive, however the tech large continues to be granted patents concerning automobile design. The most recent (quantity US 20240110684 A1) is for “Multi-Mode Lights,” involving headlights.
Concerning the patent submitting
Within the patent submitting Apple notes {that a} automobile could have lights equivalent to headlights that present seen illumination in entrance of the automobile utilizing a high-beam mode or a low-beam mode. Nonetheless, Apple’s concept is to enhance visibility in different areas surrounding the automobile equivalent to on the outboard sides of the automobile by offering cornering gentle capabilities.
Abstract of the patent submitting
Right here’s Apple’s summary of the patent submitting: “A system could have lights. A light-weight could embrace a primary gentle supply and a primary reflector configured to offer lighting for a high-beam mode and for a low-beam mode. The sunshine could embrace a second gentle supply and a second reflector configured to offer lighting for a cornering gentle mode.
“The lighting offered by the primary gentle supply and the lighting offered by the second gentle supply could move by the identical headlight lens aperture. A light-weight blocking construction could present a cutoff sample that outline the illumination sample of the low-beam lighting and the cornering lighting. A number of extra gentle sources could also be offered to spice up the depth of a sizzling spot for high-beam lighting.”