AppleInsider found a patent of Apple, which describes a navigation system for in the car. The system is focused on the safety of the driver, so that fewer accidents may occur while driving. Normally you have to control a navigation device by pushing buttons. In this situation it is necessary to get your eyes of the road for a moment, so accidents may arise. That is how the patent describes it. This kind of system can detect that you are controlling the device and warns the driver.
But when a passenger controls the device, the warning is actually useless. Apple has come with a smarter system with touchscreen-navigation. A touchscreen isn’t quite easy to control while driving, but there comes more with that. For example speach input for asking directions for a route. It can be a seperate device like an iPhone or a device that is fixed in the car. The device can also communicate with certain sensors ( both wireless and wired). Those sensors are connected to the wheels, the steering wheel, the engine or GPS. When there is no passenger in the car, certain functions can be blocked.
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