Apple smart home patent can auto-generate a floor plan of your building
(iMore iPhone)

The system could automatically detect when you add and takeaway new accessories... What you need to know Apple has published a second patent pointing to improved smart home capabilities. The system could automatically generate a floor plan of your home or businesses based on location, orientation and distance using technology including ultra-wide band. It could, for instance, determine which room a light switch is placed in without you having to tell it. Apple has published a second patent pointing to vastly improved smart home capabilities, based on modular technology that can determine where it is located in relation to other devices. The patent is titled `OBJECT TRACKING AND AUTHENTICATION USING MODULAR WALL UNIT`. It`s very similar to a patent published back in September, which revealed how HomeKit could use wall outlets that can communicate between themselves, using orientation data to determine where they are placed in relation to other outlets. This new patent is quite ...