For example, a communication image may be an image of text that could be captured and read directly by the recipient with minimal processing. Communication may be bidirectional, for example, a first communication image displayed by a first device may be captured by the sensors of a second device, and vice versa over the course of a data transmission.Ĭommunication may be encoded in a variety of different ways. Communication may be one-way, for example, a first device transferring data, such as an electronic business card, to a second device. The visible communication images are captured with the photodiodes.Ĭommunication by displaying and capturing images with an optical in-LCD sensing panel could take a variety of forms. 5 it describes an iPhone, noted as device 301, communicating (504) with device 601 (another iPhone) by displaying and/or capturing one or more communication images on the iPhone's display – just as HP showed during their keynote.Ĭommunication images are displayed as visible images using visible light sub-pixels. Optical In-LCD Sensing Panel: NFC-Like Technology with a Twist In all fairness, it should be noted that HP's technology is only coming to market "this summer" – and so there's plenty of time for Apple to actually beat HP to market if their upcoming iPad 2 implements some form of NFC based features.
In general we created an NFC Archive listing all of Apple's known patents on the subject and within this group we've reported on how Apple wants to implement NFC within the home, within the context of an iWallet in the coming years and much more. Throughout 2010 Patently Apple recognized this technology as one of Apple's leading trends. HP is branding this feature as Touchstone. HP Introduced NFC Sharing for New Mobile Devicesĭuring yesterday's WebOS " Think Beyond Event," HP introduced NFC Sharing that will allow WebOS devices to share data and URL's by simply tapping the devices together. In another configuration, scan images could be combined based on the motion to generate a combined scan image of a surface. A control signal based on the motion of the handheld device could be transmitted to an external device, for example, to control a mouse. The motion of a handheld device including the panel could be determined by scanning a surface with the EM sensors at different times and comparing the corresponding scan images. In another configuration, data is received by scanning an object using an optical in-LCD sensing panel. Data is transmitted by displaying a communication image encoding the data on the sensing panel, and data is received by capturing, with the EM sensors embedded in the panel, a communication image displayed in proximity to the panel. In one transmit/receive configuration, an optical in-LCD sensing panel could be used for communication. In the future, SilverFast will be developed solely in 64-bit.Configurations using optical in-LCD sensing panels could provide transmission and/or reception of data.
The SilverFast update to version 8.8.0r14 is the last 32-bit SilverFast update for the affected devices under macOS. You can find further information concerning this issue here: We thus urgently recommend that you contact your scanner manufacturer prior to updating to macOS 10.14 - 11.0 in order to determine the compatibility of your device.
In this new version, affected scanners will no longer function with SilverFast until their drivers are updated to support 64-bit.Īt this point in time, some scanner manufacturers only provide 32-bit drivers, which are currently not supported by macOS 10.14 - 11.0. In macOS 10.14 - 11.0, this step has been taken: 32-bit apps and drivers are no longer supported. Scanners lacking 64-bit drivers are not compatible with macOS 10.14 - 11.0.įor the last several years, Apple has been preparing to transition to a purely 64-bit system. Caution when updating to macOS Mojave (10.14) and laterĪpple has ceased to support 32-bit systems.