US 12,002,165 B1
Light probe placement for displaying objects in 3D environments on electronic devices
Daniel Kurz, Keaau, HI (US); Gowri Somanath, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Tobias Holl, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/412,507.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/082,373, filed on Sep. 23, 2020.
Int. Cl. G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06T 15/50 (2011.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01)
CPC G06T 19/006 (2013.01) [G06T 15/506 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01); G06T 2215/16 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
at a processor:
determining characteristics of a physical environment based on sensor data obtained in the physical environment, wherein the characteristics of the physical environment comprise a semantic understanding or an expected context;
generating a digital representation representing the characteristics of the physical environment;
based on characteristics of the digital representation, determining three-dimensional (3D) positions in a 3D environment for a set of virtual light probes, the set of virtual light probes defining light incident on the 3D positions in the 3D environment based on virtual cameras at the 3D positions; and
providing a view of the 3D environment based on the 3D positions determined for the set of virtual light probes.