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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
David W. Padgett, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Christopher D. Fu, Fremont, CA (US);
Scott G. Wade, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Paul Ewers, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ioana Negoita, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas G. Salter, Foster City, CA (US);
Dhruv Aditya Govil, San Mateo, CA (US);
Dimitris Ladopoulos, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method includes obtaining an image of a machine-readable data representation that is located on a physical object using a camera of an electronic device. The machine-readable data representation includes an encoded form of a data value. The method further includes decoding the machine-readable data representation to determine the data value, whereby the data value includes a content identifier and a content source identifier. The method also includes selecting a content source based on the content source identifier, obtaining a content item and content location information based on the content identifier from the content source, determining a content position and a content orientation for the content item relative to the physical object based on the content location information, and displaying a representation of the content item using the electronic device according to the content position and the content orientation.