US 12,001,751 B2
Shared data and collaboration for head-mounted devices
Marinus Meursing, Poway, CA (US); David A. Schmuck, Raymore, MO (US); Brian S. Lau, Sacramento, CA (US); and Jeremy C. Franklin, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/214,448.
Application 18/214,448 is a continuation of application No. 16/791,861, filed on Feb. 14, 2020, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/836,006, filed on Apr. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0350633 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/147 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 3/147 (2013.01) [G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A head-mounted device comprising:
a camera for capturing a first view including a first physical object;
a display;
a communication element for receiving data from an additional head-mounted device comprising an additional camera for capturing a second view including a second physical object that is not in the first view, wherein the additional head-mounted device is within the first view; and
a processor configured to:
receive, from the additional head-mounted device, the data, the data being based on the second view; and
determine a characteristic of the first physical object based on the first view captured by the camera and the data from the additional head-mounted device;
transmit, to the additional head-mounted device, a signal indicating the characteristic of the first physical object;
operate the display to output a virtual object as a substitute for the first physical object based on the characteristic of the first physical object;
output a representation of the second physical object based on the data received from the additional head-mounted device; and
determine whether, based on the first view, the additional camera is arranged to capture the second view of the first physical object.