New Apple Patent Points to Killer Navigational Apps for iPhone 5S, iPad 5, iPad Mini 2, By Erik Pineda

New Apple Patent Points to Killer Navigational Apps for iPhone 5S, iPad 5, iPad Mini 2

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By Erik Pineda | April 5, 2013 3:45 PM EST

Apple is looking to improve the Apple Maps experience that consumers will enjoy come the separate 2013 release dates of the iPhone 5S, its low-cost edition and the redesigned iPad 5 plus the iPad Mini 2 with Retina.

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In a new patent titled '3D Position Tracking for Panoramic Imagery Navigation' and published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday, the work appears underway for Apple to replicate or even exceed the powerful features of Google Maps.

At present, iOS device owners are largely using Google's navigational apps, favouring its accuracy and street view technology, which also highlights the debacle that marred that iPhone 5 October launch last year.

Apple is bent on correcting that through the new technology that will employ the embedded sensors in upcoming iPhones and iPads.

The new system will rely on the data that will be fed to iOS' onboard accelerometer, cameras and gyroscope, enabling say an iPhone 5S user to negotiate though a given location as duly-guided by the street level images that Apple servers will dispatch in real-time.

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The Apple innovation will also allow the simultaneous "use of multiple displays to increase the visible area of a panoramic image," Apple Insider said in a report.

These iOS devices will work wirelessly to feed real-time data to users, showing "bubbles that display business information or points of interest," BGR News said.

The same application, when deployed, also works inside a shopping mall, for example, where iPhone 5S users can enjoy step-by-step guide in pinpointing a specific object they wish to purchase.

While the new Apple invention promises powerful iOS features for the gadget lineups that the tech giant is letting out this year, its actual implementation remains a mystery.

Apple Insider noted that the patent application was filed September 2011, way before the Apple Maps fiasco that prompted the exit of a few senior Apple executives, but there is no assurance consumers will get a taste of its capabilities on the late 2013 release dates of the iPhone 5S, the budget iPhone, the iPad 5 and the iPad Mini 2.

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