US 12,307,066 B2
Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for providing computer-generated experiences
William A. Sorrentino, III, Mill Valley, CA (US); Jonathan Ive, San Francisco, CA (US); Alfred B. Huergo Wagner, Redwood City, CA (US); Felipe Bacim De Araujo E Silva, San Jose, CA (US); Alan C. Dye, San Francisco, CA (US); Stephen O. Lemay, Palo Alto, CA (US); Gregg S. Suzuki, Daly City, CA (US); Peter D. Anton, San Francisco, CA (US); Richard D. Lyons, San Francisco, CA (US); Wan Si Wan, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Pavel Pivonka, San Francisco, CA (US); Sueng Wook Kim, San Jose, CA (US); and Kristi E. S. Bauerly, Los Gatos, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/200,676.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/990,408, filed on Mar. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0286502 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04815 (2022.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/04845 (2022.01); H04N 13/368 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 3/04815 (2013.01) [G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); H04N 13/368 (2018.05); G02B 2027/0141 (2013.01)] 45 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
at a computing system that is in communication with a first display generation component, a second display generation component and one or more input devices, wherein the first display generation component and the second display generation component are enclosed in a first housing:
displaying, via the first display generation component, a first computer-generated environment;
while displaying the first computer-generated environment via the first display generation component, in accordance with a determination that the first computer-generated environment includes a representation of a physical environment that shows a view of a first portion of a first physical environment that is in front of a user who is in a position to view the first computer-generated environment via the first display generation component, concurrently displaying, via the second display generation component that is enclosed in the same first housing as the first display generation component:
a visual representation of a portion of the user who is in a position to view the first computer-generated environment via the first display generation component, and
one or more graphical elements that provide a visual indication of content in the first computer-generated environment, wherein concurrently displaying the visual representation of the portion of the user and the one or more graphical elements includes:
changing the visual representation of the portion of the user to represent changes in an appearance of the user over a respective period of time; and
changing the one or more graphical elements that provide the visual indication of content in the first computer-generated environment to represent changes in the first computer-generated environment over the respective period of time; and
while displaying the first computer-generated environment via the first display generation component, in accordance with a determination that the first computer-generated environment does not include a representation of a physical environment that shows a view of the first portion of the first physical environment that is in front of the user who is in a position to view the first computer-generated environment via the first display generation component, displaying the one or more graphical elements, via the second display generation component that is enclosed in the same first housing as the first display generation component, without displaying the visual representation of the portion of the user who is in a position to view the first computer-generated environment via the first display generation component.