During today's company day Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), a new patent was registered, this time the company describing in its application a dock with a system of inductive load. Submitted in 2010, the application was registered only now, and in it Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), describes a dock which would be able to charge iPhoneregardless of the orientation in which it is placed, it contains a microprocessor, internal memory, an internal energy source and a multitude of sensors. Moreover, the dock could be used for data transmission or terminal diagnostics, communicating with an iDevice and a PC using a cable lightning or a wireless network.
To detect the orientation in which an iDevice is placed, the dock would use data such as the distance from the terminal or the position of the screen in relation to its surface, so that charging could start if the terminal is placed with the screen up, and it could be stopped otherwise. The dock would also have an external monitor through which it would notify the user about the actions that are taken at various times, so we can know if the terminal is charging, transferring data, or performing a diagnosis.
In some embodiments, a physical orientation of a user device placed on a surface of a docking device may be determined. The physical orientation may include a translational position (eg, Cartesian coordinates, polar coordinates), rotational position (eg, an angle value about a suitable axis), a facing direction (eg, face-up, face-down), any other suitable physical orientation relative to any suitable reference, or any combination thereof. For example, a physical orientation may be a position of a user device on a surface of a docking device.
The new dock could simultaneously charge several iDevices connected to it and could transmit data between them if they are placed at a small distance from each other, this being one of the important functions of the dock. Considering that we are talking about a technology designed many years ago, there is a possibility that Apple has perfected it in the meantime, and in the context discussions regarding the implementation of an inductive charging system in iWatch, such a product would fit perfectly.
