Pursuits
Apple, Ford, Chilling Effects, Google: Intellectual Property
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Apple Inc., the maker of the iPhone and iPad, is seeking a patent on a technology that will make it possible to present street-level imaging in a mobile device.
Application 20130083055, published in the database of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office April 4, is for position-tracking subsystems and onboard sensors that enable a mobile device’s virtual navigation of a location in panoramic imagery.