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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2024
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Jose Antonio Checa Oloriz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Miquel Estany Rodriguez, San Francisco, CA (US);
Arjun Kaul, Cupertino, CA (US);
Pedro Mari, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Christopher C. Niederauer, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
James J. Owen, San Francisco, CA (US);
William A. Sorrentino, III, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An example process includes: while displaying a portion of an extended reality (XR) environment representing a current field of view of a user: detecting, with the one or more sensors, a user input to invoke a digital assistant; in response to detecting a user input to invoke the digital assistant, displaying a user interface element associated with the digital assistant; distorting the display of a first portion of the current field of view behind the user interface element; detecting a change in the position of the user interface element relative to the current field of view; and distorting the display of a second portion of the current field of view behind the user interface element.