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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2021
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey M. Faulkner, San Francisco, CA (US);

Stephen O. Lemay, Palo Alto, CA (US);

William A. Sorrentino, III, Mill Valley, CA (US);

Jonathan Ive, San Francisco, CA (US);

Kristi E. S. Bauerly, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/20 (2017.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 20/41 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01);
Abstract

A computer system, while displaying a view of a computer-generated environment, detects movement of a physical object, and in response: in accordance with a determination that a user is within a threshold distance of a first portion of the physical object and that the physical object meets preset criteria, the computer system changes an appearance of virtual content displayed at a position corresponding to a current location of the physical object's first portion, without changing an appearance of virtual content displayed at a position corresponding to the physical object's second portion; and in accordance with a determination that the user is within the threshold distance and that the physical object does not meet the preset criteria, the computer system changes an appearance of virtual content displayed at a position corresponding to a current location of the physical object's first portion.


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