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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2021
Nathaniel R. Finney, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jean-charles Bernard Marcel Bazin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Srimanth Gunturi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Nathaniel R. Finney, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jean-Charles Bernard Marcel Bazin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Srimanth Gunturi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Hand tracking techniques are used to initiate actions at a computer even if a hand is occupied. Image data is received of a scene that includes a hand. A determination is mate whether the hand is occupied by a physical object. If the hand is occupied by a physical object, then the hand is monitored for a modified gesture based on the physical object. Some objects may be pre-registered and associated with object-specific actions for various gestures. When a user is within a predetermined distance of a registered object, a system monitors a user's hands for a gesture, and then triggers an action based on the gesture and the object.