US 11,715,271 B2
XR preferred movement along planes
David Lui, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Hon-ming Chen, San Jose, CA (US); Shuai Song, Cupertino, CA (US); and Xiao Jin Yu, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on May 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/662,970.
Application 17/662,970 is a continuation of application No. 17/204,396, filed on Mar. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,354,869.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/990,673, filed on Mar. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0270331 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06T 15/00 (2011.01)
CPC G06T 19/006 (2013.01) [G06T 15/005 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable code executable by one or more processors to:
obtain a geometric representation corresponding to at least a portion of a physical surface in a real environment;
present a virtual object at a location on the physical surface based on the geometric representation;
receive an indication that the virtual object is virtually moved along the physical surface;
determine that the virtual object is approaching an endpoint of the geometric representation of at least the portion of the physical surface; and
in response to determining that the virtual object is approaching the endpoint of the geometric representation of at least the portion of the physical surface, modify the geometric representation to include an extended geometric representation.