Philip Houska Apple ikutengedweranso kukhothi, kachiwiri chifukwa cha mikangano ya patent. Malinga ndi Immersion, idaphwanya ma patent ake atatu omwe amati amagwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo wapadera. Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa Immersion adanena m'mawu ake kuti kampaniyo iyenera kuteteza mwaukali chuma chake.
Kampani ya Immersion Corporation idayambitsa ukadaulo wa world touch tactile (haptic), womwe umadziwika makamaka ndi kuyankha kwa vibration. Zachidziwikire, imanena kuti ili ndi ufulu wogwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo, ndipo malinga ndi zomwe zachitika posachedwa, ma patent atatu adaphwanyidwa ndi Apple komanso ndi kampani yaku America yaku America AT&T.
Mlanduwo, woperekedwa ndi Immersion, umaphatikizapo ma patent omwe amayang'ana pa kachitidwe ka haptic kamene kamakhala ndi zotsatira zosungidwa (No. 8) ndi njira ndi zida zoperekera ndemanga za tactile (No. 619) zomwe zimaganiziridwa kuti zimapezeka mu iPhone 051s / 8s Plus, 773/365 Kuphatikizanso komanso m'mitundu yonse ya Watch. Ma iPhones aposachedwa amaphwanyanso patent nambala 6, yomwe imaphatikizapo njira yolumikizirana yomwe imagawana nawo pazida zam'manja.
Zida zovala za Apple zakhala ndi ukadaulo uwu kwakanthawi, mwachitsanzo ngati chidziwitso cha foni kapena uthenga wolandila, koma Apple Watch isanakhazikitsidwe mu 2014, mainjiniya adatenga mfundo yonse m'manja mwawo ndikuipereka kwa padziko lapansi mtundu wapamwamba kwambiri waukadaulo wotchedwa "Taptic Engine". Iwo anatsatira izo ndi chitukuko ntchito Limbikitsani kukhudza a Kugwiritsidwa kwa 3D, omwe akuyeneranso kupindula ndi patent yoyambirira kuchokera ku Kumizidwa. Malinga ndi zomwe zilipo, mlanduwu ndi womwewo.
"Ngakhale tili okondwa kuti makampaniwa akumvetsetsa kufunika kwaukadaulo wathu wa haptic ndikuugwiritsa ntchito pazogulitsa zawo, ndikofunikira kwambiri kwa ife kuteteza luntha lathu kuti zisasokonezedwe ndi makampani ena. Tikufuna kupitilizabe kusunga zachilengedwe zomwe tapanga komanso momwe tagwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo uwu womwe tikuyikamo kuti tipitilizebe kukonza, "atero a Victor Viegas, CEO wa Immersion, yemwe adalankhula izi ku Apple, pakati pa ena.
Komabe, mlandu waperekedwanso motsutsana ndi AT&T, koma sizinadziwike bwino momwe kampani yolumikizirana matelefoni idaphwanya ma patent. Ngakhale amagulitsa ma iPhones ku United States, makampani ena ambiri omwe Immersion sanaphatikizepo pamilandu yake.
