Apple patents Apple Pencil capable of reproducing real colors

Looks like Apple has big plans for the next generation of Apple Pencil. At least that’s reflected in the new patent seen and shared. clearly an apple. The company invented a new design for its digital pen able to detect the colors of any surface in the real worldto play the exact same tone later on iPad. Here’s how it works.

In particular, Apple’s patented Apple Pencil has a variety of built-in optical sensors capable of not only define surface colorotherwise also texture. To do this, Apple will use a color sensor that will work thanks to the light detector, which in turn will use different photodetectors to collect the corresponding color channels. The Apple Pencil will also have an adjustable light spectrum light emitter so that color detection measurements can be adjusted.

On the other hand, the patented Apple Pencil will include the unit of inertial measurement. It will be used “to measure the angular orientation between the pen and an external object during color measurement,” the patent says. It is a necessary component to be able to measure and sample the surface texture.

Capturing color and texture, as well as various “measurements of the appearance of an object”, will be done wirelessly. Thus, the user will only need to point the tip of the Apple Pencil to the desired object – for example, the cover of a book – so that the device can determine the color, and then interpret it on the iPad.

Will we see a 3rd generation Apple Pencil with this feature?

We must not forget, of course, that this is a patent, not a device under development, so it is likely that we will not see something final for several years or we will never see a device with such characteristics at all. However, the ability to take color samples from the real world and then interpret them on the iPad will certainly a very nice feature for the long-awaited third-generation Apple Pencil.

In fact, Apple has been keeping two very different Apple Pencils in its catalog for years, with very good specifications. This, however, may fall behind a bit given the significant advances in the iPad. First generation modelFor example, it retains the Lightning port for charging and initial setup, forcing 10th generation iPad users to use additional accessories.

Apple Pencil second generation, on the other hand, boasts wireless charging and more advanced features than the base iPad-compatible model. However, it has not been renewed since 2018. So it’s time to see the new version with more news.