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Windows camp notebooks can be unlocked with fingerprints and Windows Hello, so Apple’s Mac’s Face ID can be used on computers except for Touch ID and Apple Watch. Is it?

If this question is placed yesterday, I may only be able to give you an answer of 50/50. But today, the answer I can give is “yes” because Apple submitted it in 2017patent fileI was approved today.

The document numbered “NO.15/445623” filed by Apple in 2017 introduces the face recognition system. The role on a Mac device. According to the description of the file, the face recognition system can bring two new functions to the future Apple computer:

• Use Face ID to let the computer know if the user is in front of the computer and reduce the number of times of secondary unlocking.
• Unlock your computer with Face ID and unlock it with a flip.

The first feature is actually turning the face recognition system into the “eyes” of the Mac, letting the computer perceive itself and the user. The distance, thereby reducing the user’s use of the computer, but not operating the computer (such as staying in the picture for a long time, web browsing) need to wake up in the power saving mode to unlock the computer.

Introduction to the patent description, which captures images through an image sensor and captures at least skin color detection parameters, face detection parameters, and One of the three motion detection parameters, and then let the computer detect whether the user is in front of the computer. According to the distance between the user and the device, the system will automatically determine whether the computer enters “light sleep” mode or “complete sleep” mode.

The patent abstract provides a more in-depth look at how face recognition works. This is accomplished by two sets of sensors. The group is responsible for detecting the distance between the person and the computer, and the group is responsible for identifying the face.

The patent document introduces that the first set of sensors will first record a set of commonly used data or preset distance ranges based on this set of commonly used Data, the computer can determine whether the user is in front of the computer. As a supplement to the detection range, the system also has a preset distance threshold. For example, if the user is within the preset range, the computer will wake up automatically.

After the work is handed over to the second set of sensors.

The second set of sensors is responsible for detecting face information. Their task is to determine if the front of the computer is the face and the owner of the computer. . If so, the computer will automatically wake up and unlock the computer; if not, the computer will continue to maintain power-saving standby.

That is, after joining the Face ID, the computer is like a pair of eyes, it can see if it is in front of Master, and will make the corresponding action.

However, Apple did not introduce the feature layout of the recognition module in this description document, so I don’t know about this feature. It is based on current structured light, TOF or other detection modules. However, personal guessing may be based on TOF technology due to distance detection involving a range of one meter or more.

Although from Apple’s past application of patented technology, these new technologies may not be applied immediately, or they may be like a sea.

But as a Mac user, I think this feature If it is really implemented, it will definitely be a new feature that will allow the audience to applaud for more than 5 seconds at the press conference.