US 12,340,554 B1
Triggering presentation of an object based on saliency
Payal Jotwani, Santa Clara, CA (US); Dan Feng, Santa Clara, CA (US); Bo Morgan, Emerald Hills, CA (US); Siva Chandra Mouli Sivapurapu, Santa Clara, CA (US); Mu Qiao, Campbell, CA (US); Behrooz Mahasseni, San Jose, CA (US); and Mark E. Drummond, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/709,987.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/175,898, filed on Apr. 16, 2021.
Int. Cl. G06V 10/46 (2022.01); G06V 10/22 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 10/462 (2022.01) [G06V 10/235 (2022.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
at a device including one or more processors and a non-transitory memory:
receiving a first user input directed to an object generation environment;
in response to receiving the first user input, generating an object that includes a plurality of portions including a first portion and a second portion;
determining a first saliency value for the first portion of the object and a second saliency value for the second portion of the object;
generating, based on the first and second saliency values, an extended reality (XR) environment object that represents the object, wherein the XR environment object includes a first portion associated with the first portion of the object, and wherein the XR environment object includes a second portion associated with the second portion of the object; and
triggering presentation, within an XR environment, of the first portion of the XR environment object in accordance with a first display characteristic that is based on the first saliency value and the second portion of the XR environment object in accordance with a second display characteristic that is based on the second saliency value.