US 11,900,569 B2
Image-based detection of surfaces that provide specular reflections and reflection modification
Peter Meier, Tutzing Steinberg (DE); Daniel Kurz, Boulder, CO (US); Brian Chris Clark, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Mohamed Selim Ben Himane, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/957,416.
Application 17/957,416 is a continuation of application No. 17/001,788, filed on Aug. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,462,000.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/035,160, filed on Jun. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/891,510, filed on Aug. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0131109 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06V 10/60 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01)
CPC G06T 5/005 (2013.01) [G06T 7/75 (2017.01); G06V 10/60 (2022.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); G06V 40/171 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
at a processor:
obtaining a first image of a physical environment, the first image comprising a specular reflection of a portion of an object;
obtaining a second image comprising a direct view of the portion of the object;
detecting the specular reflection in the first image based on matching the specular reflection of the portion of the object in the first image with the direct view of the portion of the object in the second image; and
determining a location of a surface in the physical environment that provided the specular reflection based on the specular reflection.