US 12,254,176 B1
System and method of tap detection on a three-dimensional image
Dan Nussinson, Haifa (IL); Yoed Arieli, Jerusalem (IL); Jonathan Hauser, Ramat Gan (IL); and Oriel Y. Bergig, Shoham (IL)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/472,705.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/376,891, filed on Sep. 23, 2022.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04886 (2022.01); G06F 3/043 (2006.01); G06F 3/04815 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/04886 (2013.01) [G06F 3/043 (2013.01); G06F 3/04815 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
at an electronic device in communication with a display and a remote sensing vibrometer:
displaying, via the display, a three-dimensional environment that includes a virtual image;
while displaying the three-dimensional environment that includes the virtual image, receiving, via the remote sensing vibrometer, a first input that includes contact with a physical surface in the three-dimensional environment, wherein receiving the first input includes:
detecting the contact with the physical surface via one or more beams of light emitted by the remote sensing vibrometer; and
in response to receiving the first input:
performing a first operation directed to a first respective location of the virtual image that is based on a first location on the physical surface when the contact is detected at the first location.