5 of Dumbest or Most Genius Apple Patents till date

Today, if you go to a concert, your view will nearly always be obstructed by someone holding up their smartphone while ignoring what is happening in front of them. It turns out that Apple has a plan to stop that annoying behavior. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="976"] Image credit- BBC News[/caption] Apple received a patent in 2016 for a system that would stop iPhone users from filming concerts on their phones. It would instruct your phone to turn off recording by sending commands via infrared signals. This is one method of avoiding the temptation to record a memory on your smartphone, albeit it would also likely enrage a lot of people. 4. Car Without Windows You might have come across this on the internet and assumed it was a prank made by a mock news outlet. I'm sorry, but it isn't. Apple has really submitted a patent for an autonomous vehicle with cameras in place of windows. "Autonomous vehicles may have limited or perhaps no windows, and hence the motions that passengers experience in such vehicles may not match what they are visually experiencing, potentially creating motion sickness," the company writes in its patent. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="647"] Image credit- DailyO[/caption] Apple would utilize a VR system to "match virtual views that match visual cues with the physical motions that a passenger feels" in order to resolve this problem. The company argues that windows are fundamentally dangerous and that a VR system will not only be safer but also enable the production of smaller, less expensive automobiles with a larger interiors. 5. iPad Keyboard with Touch Bar Notch Apple has filed a patent for a tablet accessory that would couple with an electromechanical keyboard and have a base part and coupling mechanism. Apple describes a number of variations on this detachable idea, all of which allow users to position the iPad in different ways. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="3921"] Image credit- NotebookCheck.net News[/caption] Apple envisions one scenario where a "coupling mechanism," or hinge, overlaps the tablet's back panel and features a separate auxiliary display with a customized message, battery life information, the date and time, etc. Like a Touch Bar for the rear panel, if I may say so. That secondary screen overlays the primary one in a more unsettling variation.