Apple has obtained a new patent: the next generation smart glass that can be used in automobiles.

Recently, the US Patent and Trademark Office announced a new patent obtained by Apple's Titan Project (car). The patent is related to the lighting system, and adopts a configurable transparent structure, which is mainly used for window structures such as automobile skylights.

Image source: patentlyapple.com "smart glass", which can be instantly configured according to the user's choice, allowing transparent, translucent and opaque light with different levels and qualities to pass through the glass, thus achieving the purpose of controlling the light to enter the car. The patent can also be used in the fields of architecture and environmental beautification.

In the future, users can control the volume in the car in a specific state through a specific glass panel with a configurable transparent structure, or identify drivers or passengers through facial recognition to detect potential dangers or obstacles related to vehicles.

In fact, before Mercedes-Benz, similar "dimmable" magic skylight technology has been applied to the skylights of some models, and similar applications include the dimmable porthole of Boeing 787.