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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2018
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Nicolas Scapel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Aurelio Guzman, San Jose, CA (US);
Sebastian Bauer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Giancarlo Yerkes, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Guillaume Pierre André Barlier, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); H04M 1/72552 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); H04L 51/04 (2013.01); H04M 1/72555 (2013.01); H04M 2250/52 (2013.01); H04N 5/23219 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to generating and modifying virtual avatars. An electronic device having a camera and a display apparatus displays a virtual avatar that changes appearance in response to changes in a face in a field of view of the camera. In response to detecting changes in one or more physical features of the face in the field of view of the camera, the electronic device modifies one or more features of the virtual avatar.