Apple patent for the iPhone could end texting while driving

A patent received by Apple could end the deadly practice of driving while texting. The patent is titled "Driver handheld computing device lock-out" and covers lock-out mechanisms that prevent certain capabilities of a mobile phone, like texting, to be used when the phone's user is driving. The patent reveals the use of a motion analyzer to determine if a phone is in a moving vehicle, a scenery analyzer that allows the phone to know that it is in a car, and the actual lock-out mechanism that shuts off a phone's ability to send and receive text messages. An image from the patent shows how the technology ...



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