Philip Houska Apple iri kuendeswa kudare zvakare, zvakare pamusoro pemakakatanwa patent. Sekureva kweImmersion, yakatyora matatu ematendi ayo anoti anoshandisa yakakosha kubata tekinoroji. Mukuru weImmersion akataura mune chirevo chepamutemo kuti kambani inofanirwa kuchengetedza zvine hungwaru pfuma yayo.
Iyo kambani Immersion Corporation yakaunzwa kune yepasirese yekubata tactile (haptic) tekinoroji, iyo inonyanya kuratidzwa nemhinduro yevibration. Ehe, inodaidzira kodzero yekushandisa tekinoroji, uye maererano neruzivo rwazvino, mapatendi matatu akatyorwa neApple uye zvakare neAmerican telecommunication kambani AT&T.
Mhosva, yakamhan'arwa neImmersion, inosanganisira patents inotarisa kune haptic mhinduro system ine yakachengetwa mhedzisiro (No. 8) uye nzira uye midziyo yekupa tactile mhinduro (No. Kuwedzera uye mune ese mavhezheni eWatch. Iwo achangoburwa maPhones anotyora patent nhamba 619, iyo inosanganisira inopindirana modhi system ine mhinduro yakagovaniswa munharembozha.
Apple inopfeka michina yakave neiyi tekinoroji kwenguva yakati, semuenzaniso muchimiro chekuzivisa runhare kana meseji yakagamuchirwa, asi isati yatanga Apple Watch muna 2014, mainjiniya vakatora musimboti wese mumaoko avo ndokuuisa kune nyika imwe yakawedzera vhezheni yetekinoroji pasi pezita rekuti "Taptic Injini". Vakaitevera nebudiriro mabasa Simbisa kubata a 3D Touch, iyo inofanirwawo kubatsirwa kubva kune yekutanga patent kubva kuImmersion. Maererano neruzivo rwuripo, mhosva yakanangana nenyaya iyi.
“Kunyangwe tiri kufara kuti indasitiri inonzwisisa kukosha kwehunyanzvi hwedu hwehaptic uye vari kuishandisa muzvigadzirwa zvavo, zvakakosha kwatiri kuchengetedza ruzivo rwedu kuti risatyorwe nemamwe makambani. Tinoda kuenderera mberi nekuchengetedza ecosystem yedu yatakavaka uye yatakaisa tekinoroji iyi yatiri kuisa mari mairi kuti tirambe tichivandudza," akadaro Immersion CEO Victor Viegas, akatungamira chirevo ichi kuApple, pakati pevamwe.
Nekudaro, mhosva yakamhan'arwawo ichipokana neAT&T, asi hazvisati zvanyatsojeka kuti kambani yenharembozha yakatyora sei patent. Kunyangwe ichitengesa maPhones muUnited States, ndozvinoitawo mamwe makambani mazhinji ayo Immersion asina kuisa mumatare ayo.
