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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.

Patent No.:

US 12450811 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 07, 2024

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Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Guillaume Pierre André Barlier, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Sebastian Bauer, Santa Monica, CA (US);

Jeffrey T. Bernstein, San Francisco, CA (US);

Alan C. Dye, San Francisco, CA (US);

Aurelio Guzman, San Jose, CA (US);

Amir Hoffnung, Tel Aviv, IL;

Joseph A. Malia, Isle of Wight, GB;

Nicolas Scapel, London, GB;

Christopher I. Wilson, San Francisco, CA (US);

Giancarlo Yerkes, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Primary Examiner:

King Y Poon

Assistant Examiner:

Vincent undefined Peren

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 13/40 (2011.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); H04L 51/04 (2022.01); H04M 1/72436 (2021.01); H04M 1/72439 (2021.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 13/40 (2013.01); G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06V 40/166 (2022.01); G06V 40/176 (2022.01); H04M 1/72436 (2021.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06V 40/161 (2022.01); H04L 51/04 (2013.01); H04M 1/72439 (2021.01); H04M 2250/52 (2013.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01);
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.

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