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Apple has shown continued interest in using the forward facingcamera on devices like the iPhone to unlock the display andcustomize its layout based on detecting the identity of the personusing it. Evidence of Apple's interest in having devices identify users withfacial recognition technology has repeatedly cropped up. In early2010, before the iPad was announced, The Wall Street Journal revealed that an early prototype of Apple's touchscreen tabletwould use a forward-facing camera to recognize users' faces,allowing it to be one device easily shared by the entire family. This week, AppleInsider found another example of Apple's desire to have iOS devicesrecognize users in a new patent application entitled "Electronic Device Operation Adjustment Based on FaceDetection." It describes using a forward facing camera on a deviceto recognize individual users and also track the orientation oftheir face with respect to the device. The application describes a system that could scan and detect aspecific user's face, and then unlock the device after the personhas been recognized. If the user cannot be identified by thesystem, they would then be presented with the option of entering asecurity code to unlock the iPhone or iPad. But Apple's application goes well beyond simply unlocking thedevice. By recognizing a specific user, the system could customizeits layout or other settings based on the pre-set preferences ofthat authorized user. "If the detected human face is recognized... an operation of the(device) can be modified based upon the recognized human face," theapplication reads. "The modification can include executing apre-defined set of operations such as opening email, opening textmessages, and so forth." A similar concept was detailed in another patent applicationdiscovered by AppleInsider in December of 2011 . That filing described iPhones and iPads that could automaticallycustomize applications, settings and features to a user's personalpreferences once they pick up the device. The latest application revealed this week also presents a newpotential use for the forward facing camera on iOS devices,describing a system that would automatically adjust the images onscreen based on the orientation of a user's face. "The facial data can be used to determine an orientation of thehuman face relative to the orientation of the presented visualcontent," the filing reads. "In other words, the electronic devicecan determine if the orientation of the presented visual content,is substantially the same, or different, than the orientation ofthe human face." In this way, the content on the screen could readjust itself sothat the user can more clearly see it at the proper angle, withoutany distortion. Facial recognition technology could also be used to automaticallylock a device and put it into sleep mode. If a human face is notdetected by the system over a set period of time, the system wouldpresume that it is not in use, and it would automatically lock thescreen. The application, made public this week, was first filed with theU.S. Patent and Trademark Office in September of 2010. It iscredited to John E. Arthur. I am an expert from laseriplmachine.com, while we provides the quality product, such as Fractional Co2 Laser machine , Laser Protective Eyewear, Laser Tattoo Removal Machine,and more.
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