Apple patents blowing on iPhones as new way to control them

Apple has received a new patent that will allow Apple Watch and iPhone users to blow on the device and have it register as an input, Report informs referring to the PhoneArena.

The patent was awarded by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and in the documentation, Apple relates how a “blow detection assembly” would be used to detect when a user blows on his iPhone or Apple Watch. This would be done by having the blow detection assembly detect a change in pressure above a certain threshold. At the same time, a motion detector looks for movement made by the iPhone or Apple Watch under a certain threshold so that there is no response to a “false blow event.”

The pressure levels would be measured as the air from a blow moves into a cavity. Users would be able to blow on their devices to answer phone calls, awaken an Apple Watch or iPhone, and take care of other actions. While Apple Watch users can input their intentions via the touch screen, the Digital Crown, and Siri, blowing on the timepiece could add another way for Apple Watch users to navigate through the timepiece, and possibly the iPhone.

To confirm that a blow is coming from a device user and is meant as an input as opposed to an accidental burst of air from the environment, a time limitation feature could be added to the blow detection assembly.

The original filing date of the patent was March 30, 2020. Just because Apple has received a patent for this technology, that doesn’t guarantee that everyone will see this feature in the Apple Watch Series 7 and the iPhone 13 series or any upcoming device.