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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Wolf Kienzle, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Douglas A. Bowman, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); B60K 37/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00248 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 37/06 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); B60K 2370/146 (2019.05); B60K 2370/148 (2019.05); B60K 2370/1464 (2019.05); B60K 2370/21 (2019.05); G06F 2203/0381 (2013.01);
Abstract
A first set of signals corresponding to a first signal modality (such as the direction of a gaze) during a time interval is collected from an individual. A second set of signals corresponding to a different signal modality (such as hand-pointing gestures made by the individual) is also collected. In response to a command, where the command does not identify a particular object to which the command is directed, the first and second set of signals is used to identify candidate objects of interest, and an operation associated with a selected object from the candidates is performed.