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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026

Filed:

Dec. 28, 2023
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Aaron M. Burns, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Benjamin R. Blachnitzky, San Francisco, CA (US);

Laura Sugden, Redmond, WA (US);

Charilaos Papadopoulos, Redwood City, CA (US);

James T. Turner, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 17/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 40/174 (2022.01); G06V 40/28 (2022.01);
Abstract

Various implementations disclosed herein provide augmentations in extended reality (XR) using sensor data from a user worn device. The sensor data may be used understand that a user's state is associated with providing user assistance, e.g., a user's appearance or behavior or an understanding of the environment may be used to recognize a need or desire for user assistance. The augmentations may assist the user by enhancing or supplementing the user's abilities, e.g., providing guidance or other information about an environment to disabled/impaired person.


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