US 11,756,269 B2
Tangibility visualization of virtual objects within a computer-generated reality environment
Alexis Palangie, San Francisco, CA (US); and Avi Bar-Zeev, Oakland, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/527,976.
Application 17/527,976 is a continuation of application No. 16/375,595, filed on Apr. 4, 2019, granted, now 11,182,964.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/664,759, filed on Apr. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0076496 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01); G06T 15/20 (2011.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01)
CPC G06T 19/006 (2013.01) [G06T 7/74 (2017.01); G06T 15/205 (2013.01); G06T 19/003 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01); G06T 2215/16 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
one or more processors; and
memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
presenting a computer-generated reality environment comprising a representation of a first real object and a displayed virtual object;
detecting, using one or more sensors, a movement of the first real object;
presenting a corresponding movement of the representation of the first real object from a first location to a second location in the computer-generated reality environment; and
in accordance with a determination that a distance criteria is satisfied and the virtual object does not correspond to a second real object detected using the one or more sensors, removing a portion of the displayed virtual object, wherein the distance criteria comprises a threshold distance between the second location and the virtual object.