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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
May. 12, 2018
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Giancarlo Yerkes, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Aitor Aldoma Buchaca, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Na Wong, San Jose, CA (US);
Oliver Montague Dunkley, Santa Clara, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic device: displays, on a display of the electronic device, a reticle element in a first appearance state overlaid on a media capture preview of objects in a field of view of an image sensor of the electronic device, where the media capture preview changes as the objects in the field of view of the image sensor change; detects a plane in the media capture preview; and, in response to detecting the plane, displays, on the display, the reticle element in a second appearance state overlaid on the media capture preview, where the reticle element corresponds to an indication of a portion of the extent of the plane while displayed in the second appearance state.