CarKey is realized by the NFC short-range communication technology built into the current mobile phone. At present, most NFC users use smart transportation cards or electronic access cards to travel. To use NFC, it needs to be read and authenticated in the sensor area in the car or the original card key. After that, you can turn the car key into an electronic key and add it to the electronic wallet. It is worth noting that Apple? Pay needs to open the iPhone to use it. CarKey is said to be Apple? The watch or iPhone is dead, and this function can still work normally. More interestingly, this electronic key can support the enjoyment of * * *, and the owner can open the right to use it to the designated person and get it back at any time.
Of course, the premise of everything is that car manufacturers support this function. At present, mainstream luxury brands basically have corresponding technical support, and many domestic independent manufacturers have begun to popularize. Therefore, although the specific launch time of CarKey is still unknown, it is very likely that Apple will cooperate with other automakers to enable this feature in the near future. And when we consider Apple's character step by step and "Apple? Car "smart car", is this step Apple's advance layout of its own car?
For Apple to build a car, the official has been secretive. From 20 14 to 20 16, it was said that there were too many difficulties and it was completely abandoned. Despite the talk of giving up, the project at hand never stopped. The name of Apple's car project is Apple? Titan 20 14 was officially launched. Recently, according to foreign media reports, the US Patent and Trademark Office announced 40 new patents obtained by Apple, including the patents for lighting and projection system of Apple Titan automobile project.
It is understood that Apple's newly developed technology includes an infrared sensor, which can detect the shape of obstacles in front, such as pedestrians, animals or fallen trees, in the case of poor line of sight, and project the image onto the head-up display system to help drivers avoid danger.
In order to solve the problem of insufficient light, Apple has developed a car lighting system before, but it is designed for the application scene in the car. The lighting system can be integrated into fabric seats, door panels, instrument panels or other parts of automobiles. The lighting system can provide ambient light and produce customized special textures or decorative patterns, including icons, characters and other information, on the seat or other surfaces of the car. The new generation lighting system is convenient for drivers and passengers to take things at night, which improves the driver's driving safety to some extent. In addition, Apple is also exploring how to solve the blind spot of A-pillar with car camera.
Previously, Apple acquired Drive.ai, an autonomous driving research and development company, and hired dozens of engineers. Drive.ai is valued at $200 million. Axios pointed out that this shows that Apple has not given up the autopilot plan, but also acquired assets such as Drive.ai's self-driving cars.
In addition, not long ago, two people "leaked secrets" related to Apple, of which Zhang was the most concerned. 20/kloc-in July, 2008, Zhang, a former Apple employee, was arrested by the police the day before he left for home. The reason is that he is suspected of stealing the commercial secrets of Apple's self-driving project for start-ups in China, involving the prototype of Apple's unmanned vehicle and its requirements (power requirements, low-voltage requirements, battery system, power transmission system, etc.). ).
This incident once again confirmed the news that Apple is developing new energy vehicles. In addition, during the handling of the case, the documents submitted by Apple show that about 5,000 employees of Apple135,000 participated in the automobile project, among which about 2,700 core employees have access to the database, and Zhang is one of them.
According to the news on the Internet, the prototype of Apple should have come out before August 20 18. At the end of the year, samples were sent in small batches, but the confidentiality was so strict that the internal director could not see them. But in any case, we can't ignore that Apple's launch should be based on the realization of L4 autonomous driving technology. Obviously, the time is not yet ripe. When do you think Apple will come to us?
This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.