Apple acquires patents from Lighthouse, an AI home security camera startup

Apple is looking to upgrade Face ID in its upcoming phones and devices and has acquired patents of an AI security camera company, Lighthouse.

Apple reportedly bought the patent portfolio of the company at the end of 2018, reported The Verge.

The patents acquired by Apple largely deal with using computer vision to scan and recognise faces, which may mean that the company might upgrade Face ID in its upcoming devices.

If those sound familiar, it’s because Lighthouse’s patents describe technology that’s quite similar to what Apple uses for Face ID on its iPhone XS and XR devices.

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