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Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026

Filed:

Jun. 19, 2023
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Brett D. Miller, San Carlos, CA (US);

Daniel K. Boothe, San Francisco, CA (US);

Martin E. Johnson, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one implementation, a method of performing an action is performed at a device including an image sensor, one or more processors, and non-transitory memory. The method includes receiving, from the image sensor, one or more images of a physical environment. The method includes detecting, in the one or more images of the physical environment, one or more actionable items respectively associated with one or more actions. The method includes detecting, in the one or more images of the physical environment, a hand gesture indicating a particular actionable item. The method includes in response to detecting the hand gesture, performing an action associated with the particular actionable item.


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