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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Aaron M. Burns, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Anette L. Freiin Von Kapri, Mountain View, CA (US);
Arun Rakesh Yoganandan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Benjamin R. Blachnitzky, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christopher L. Nolet, San Francisco, CA (US);
David M. Schattel, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Samantha Koire, Sacramento, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
In one implementation. a method for dynamically selecting an operation modality for a physical object. The method includes: obtaining a user input vector that includes at least one user input indicator value associated with one of a plurality of different input modalities; obtaining tracking data associated with a physical object; generating a first characterization vector for the physical object, including a pose value and a user grip value, based on the user input vector and the tracking data, wherein the pose value characterizes a spatial relationship between the physical object and a user of the computing system and the user grip value characterizes a manner in which the physical object is being held by the user; and selecting, based on the first characterization vector, a first operation modality as a current operation modality for the physical object.