Apple is working on new stylus sensor technology that can sample colors from external objects, possibly as a feature for a future Apple Pencil.
Current Apple Pencil models already use sensors to determine tilt and pressure, which makes for more natural writing or drawing on an iPad. If Apple’s patents are any indication, future models could feature even more advanced sensor suites.
In a patent application first filed for in November 2019 and published Thursday, Apple essentially describes an Apple Pencil-type device that could use a suite of light sensors to detect and sample colors on an object.
