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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
May. 26, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Lynn I. Streja, San Francisco, CA (US);
Keith P. Avery, Seattle, WA (US);
Karan M. Daryanani, San Francisco, CA (US);
Stephen O. Lemay, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Myra C. Lukens, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sreeneel K. Maddika, San Ramon, CA (US);
Chaitanya Mannemala, San Ramon, CA (US);
Aswath Manoharan, Tucson, AZ (US);
Pedro Mari, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Jay Moon, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abhishek Rawat, Fremont, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An example process includes: while displaying a portion of an extended reality (XR) environment representing a current field of view of a user: detecting a user gaze at a first object displayed in the XR environment, where the first object is persistent in the current field of view of the XR environment; in response to detecting the user gaze at the first object, expanding the first object into a list of objects including a second object representing a digital assistant; detecting a user gaze at the second object; in accordance with detecting the user gaze at the second object, displaying a first animation of the second object indicating that a digital assistant session is initiated; receiving a first audio input from the user; and displaying a second animation of the second object indicating that the digital assistant is actively listening to the user.