Pilipo Houska Ke lawe hou ʻia nei ʻo Apple i ka ʻaha hoʻokolokolo, no ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa patent. Wahi a Immersion, ua hoʻopiʻi ʻo ia i ʻekolu o kāna mau patent e koi ana e hoʻohana i ka ʻenehana paʻi kūikawā. Ua ʻōlelo ka Luna Nui o Immersion ma kahi ʻōlelo kūhelu e pono ka ʻoihana e pale ikaika i kāna waiwai naʻauao.
Ua hoʻolauna ka hui ʻo Immersion Corporation i ka ʻenehana touch tactile (haptic) honua, kahi i ʻike nui ʻia e ka pane vibration. ʻOiaʻiʻo, koi ʻo ia i ke kuleana kūʻokoʻa e hoʻohana i ka ʻenehana, a e like me ka ʻike hou loa, ʻekolu mau patent i infringed e Apple a me ka hui kelepona ʻAmelika ʻo AT&T.
ʻO ka hoʻopiʻi, i waiho ʻia e Immersion, pili i nā patent e nānā ana i kahi ʻōnaehana haptic feedback me nā hopena i mālama ʻia (No. 8) a me kahi ala a me nā mea hana no ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā manaʻo maʻalahi (No. 619) i ʻōlelo ʻia i loaʻa ma ka iPhone 051s/8s Plus, 773/365 Hoʻohui a ma nā mana āpau o ka Watch. Hoʻopiʻi nā iPhones hou loa i ka helu patent 6, e komo pū ana me kahi ʻōnaehana hoʻohālike pili me ka pane like ʻana i nā polokalamu kelepona.
Ua loaʻa i nā mea hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ʻo Apple i kēia ʻenehana no kekahi manawa, no ka laʻana ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i kahi kelepona a i ʻole kahi leka i loaʻa, akā ma mua o ka hoʻokomo ʻia ʻana o ka Apple Watch ma 2014, ua lawe nā mea ʻenehana i ke kumu holoʻokoʻa i ko lākou mau lima ponoʻī a hōʻike ʻia i ka honua i kahi mana o ka ʻenehana ma lalo o ka inoa "Taptic Engine". Ua hahai lākou me ka hoʻomohala ʻana nā hana ʻO ke kākoʻo a 3D Pākuhi, i manaʻo ʻia e pōmaikaʻi mai ka patent kumu mai ka Immersion. Wahi a ka ʻike i loaʻa, pili ka hoʻopiʻi i kēia mea.
"ʻOiai mākou e hauʻoli nei i ka ʻike ʻana o ka ʻoihana i ka waiwai o kā mākou ʻenehana haptic a ke hoʻokō nei i loko o kā lākou huahana, he mea nui loa ia iā mākou e pale i kā mākou waiwai naʻauao mai ka hana hewa ʻana e nā hui ʻē aʻe. Makemake mākou e hoʻomau i ka mālama ʻana i kā mākou kaiaola a mākou i kūkulu ai a ua hoʻokau mākou i kēia ʻenehana a mākou e hoʻopukapuka nei no ka hoʻomaikaʻi mau ʻana, "wahi a Immersion CEO Victor Viegas, nāna i kuhikuhi i kēia ʻōlelo ma Apple, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
Eia nō naʻe, ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia ka hoʻopiʻi kūʻē iā AT&T, akā ʻaʻole maopopo loa i ka hana ʻana o ka hui kelepona i nā patent. ʻOiai ke kūʻai aku nei ʻo ia i iPhones ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, pēlā nō nā hui ʻē aʻe i hoʻokomo ʻole ʻia e Immersion i kāna hoʻopiʻi.
