Isiqwenga esitsha seendaba siza kuthi sivela e-United States Patent Office kwaye kukuthi emva kokuba u-Apple angenise ilungelo lobunikazi uhlobo lwekhamera olufana kakhulu nolwangoku GoPro, lixesha lokuba ufumene imvume kwaye, ngenxa yoko, unesandla sasimahla sokukwazi ukukhupha nantoni na abantu baseCupertino abanokuba nayo kwidrowa iminyaka.
Izinto eziza kwenzeka kwinkampani yeapile kwihlabathi leekhamera zaqala ngo Ikhamera yedijithali ye-QuickTake eyi-100, ikhamera eyavela kungekudala yaya kwi-Model 150 emva koko ezingama-200 ekugqibeleni kwaye emva kwexesha elifutshane kwintengiso iyanyamalala kuba iApple iyabona ukuba ayinamkelwa kangako.
Ngoku, emva kweminyaka engama-21 emva kokuba iApple ikhuphe i-QuickTake 100 yayo, sifumana iindaba zokuba abo bane-apile yokulunywa baqhubekile ukufaka izicelo zamalungelo awodwa omenzi wechiza kwimveliso ezinokubekwa kwintengiso. Ayaziwa ukuba le patent, echaza yonke indawo enekhamera ezinje ngeemodeli ezininzi esinokuthi sizibone kwimarike yanamhlanje kwaye zenzelwe ukuba zisetyenziswe kwiimeko ezigabadeleyo kwaye ngakumbi ukwenza ushicilelo kwezemidlalo, iya kuba yikhamera yokwenyani ethengiswa yiApple okanye hayi.
Kule patent sinokubona ukuba izinto kunye nokusebenza kwazo kucacisiwe njani, kujongwa ubukho bolawulo olukude kunye nemodyuli ethatha imifanekiso. Kwelinye icala, icacisiwe ukuba iya kuba nakho ukubekwa kulo naluphi na uhlobo lomhlaba ngaphandle kwesidingo sezincedisi okanye kunye nabambalwa kangangoko.
Okucacileyo kukuba intengiso iyiphendulile le patent kwaye yile, esazi ukuba okwangoku intengiso yeekhamera zolu hlobo zikhokelwa yiGoPro, ikhamera ethi kuhlobo lwayo lwakutshanje lwesi-4, kwimodeli yeSilver sele inendawo eyakhiweyo- kwiLCD, izabelo zenkampani ziye zasokola. Ziphantsi nge-12%, ukusuka kwi- $ 56 ngesabelo ngasinye ukuya kwi- $ 48.50 ngesabelo ngasinye ngalo lonke ixesha eliphantsi.
Siza kubona ukuba le khamera intsha iya kuba yiprojekthi ebona ukukhanya kwaye ukuba iya kuphunyezwa kwiimveliso ezinje ngeMacs, izixhobo zeWatch Watch okanye, kutheni kungenjalo, iDevices.