Apple’s self-driving car project looks to be developing a device location system for vehicles.
Per Patently Apple, a recently-published patent related to Apple’s ongoing Project Titan effort discusses a mobile device location system that’s in the works:
In this Project Titan granted patent, Apple notes that passengers in vehicles may carry mobile devices into the vehicles. Once inside, a passenger may place the mobile device at a location inside the vehicle cabin. Occasionally, the mobile device may move, fall onto the floor, or slide into a location on the vehicle that is difficult to see or access. As a result, mobile devices are often lost inside vehicles. Current methods for locating a mobile device in a vehicle require some degree of manual intervention, which can be tedious and cumbersome.
This points to an easier way to find your device after it’s gone into the recesses of your Apple Car, once the vehicle hits the market. Not a bad thing, especially when your iPhone goes between the seat and the console and you have next to no idea how to hoist it out.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
Via The Mac Observer and Patently Apple