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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Kenneth M. Karakotsios, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
James Byun, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Pulah J. Shah, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the subject technology provide improved techniques for human-computer interactions including disambiguation of a human user's linguistic command. The improved techniques may include integrating linguistic input from a user with additional input from sensors relating to the user and the user's environment. In an aspect, imagery of a user's environment may be first analyzed to identify objects in the environment. Input regarding the user, such as a user's gaze location, may trigger a second analysis of a subset of the identified objects in the environment. The results of these analyses may then be used to resolve an ambiguity in linguistic user input from the user.