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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2021
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Nicolas Scapel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Guillaume Pierre André Barlier, San Mateo, CA (US);
Aurelio Guzman, San Jose, CA (US);
Jason Rickwald, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 13/40 (2011.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 13/40 (2013.01); G06V 40/166 (2022.01); G06V 40/169 (2022.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to displaying visual effects such as 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.