A patent application shows that Apple patent wants to be on the so-called 3d gestures. With the front camera or infrared on a mobile device, such as the iPad, have movements in three dimensions can be registered.
In the patent application is an application displayed for a video editor on the iPad. Through several movements, which are linked to certain functions, the application on the iPad to be operated. However, it is plausible that the 3d gestures also for other applications to use.
If the patent to be implemented, then get the iPad, which in the images of the patent application is shown, many more opportunities in the field of operation. The conscious patent application was discovered by Patently Apple. Currently it is in iOS with multitouch touch on the screen different tasks to perform, such as pinch-to-zoom.
It is unknown whether there actually are plans for such functionality in the iPad in build. Previously asked Apple already filed a patent for controlling a mobile device with the camera. Additionally, it seems the focus in the patent application, in particular on the video editor. In the application is the capturing of 3d gestures using a camera or infrared is hardly mentioned, notes Patently Apple.
