Patents can be a ray of light on Apple's next steps or just stay at it, a registered patent. Over time it is shown that Apple is one of the companies that registers the most patents year after year in terms of technology, but whether to implement them or not is another matter.
In this case the patent that comes to light Directly shows the autonomous driving system that they have been developing for some time and this is something that has already been discussed on previous occasions and with this patent another part of the technology they hope to implement in cars is shown.
The time passed that the rumors spoke about an autonomous car project of Apple itself, the company itself claimed that they had this project in mind and later communicate that they left it aside to focus on it. smart software for any car of any brand.
In this case driver's license shows the monitoring of the routes and the implementation of the sensors for their use. Not long ago we saw how the LIDAR (a sensor used in autonomous cars so they can see the environment and drive by themselves, with radars, high-definition video cameras and so on) from Apple were somewhat more sophisticated in terms of sensors and power learning from what they are seeing is one more step in this set of software and hardware.
Apple continues to work on this intelligent system and this can be seen in all the patents and new news that are reaching the media over time. Hopefully soon Apple itself will offer us more real details of the work they are doing and that they do not take too long to officially start it. Keep in mind that there are already autonomous or semi-autonomous cars on the market, so it will not take long for Apple to show or start with this technology.
The truth is that I like that big brands with a large budget work on these technologies.