US 12,394,158 B1
Content playback based on a path
Allessandra E. McGinnis, San Francisco, CA (US); Kevin Lee, San Jose, CA (US); Connor A. Smith, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Jack R. Dashwood, San Francisco, CA (US); and Luis R. Deliz Centeno, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/880,939.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/233,412, filed on Aug. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/305,813, filed on Feb. 2, 2022.
Int. Cl. G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01)
CPC G06T 19/006 (2013.01) [G02B 27/017 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 19/003 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
at a first device having a processor:
obtaining content comprising recorded positional data associated with a path of an object as the object moves within a physical environment during recording of the content by a second device, wherein the recorded positional data was obtained via one or more sensors on the second device during the recording;
determining viewing positional data comprising positions of the first device as the first device is moved during playback of the content; and
presenting the playback of the content as the first device is moved, wherein the playback of the content is based on the recorded positional data associated with the path of the object as the object moved within the physical environment during recording of the content and the viewing positional data, wherein the playback of the content includes guiding indicators associated with the path of the moving object within the physical environment.