US 12,425,256 B2
Avatar spatial modes
Connor A. Smith, San Mateo, CA (US); Bruno M. Sommer, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Jonathan R. Dascola, San Francisco, CA (US); Nicholas W. Henderson, San Carlos, CA (US); and Timofey Grechkin, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 18, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/608,392.
Application 18/608,392 is a continuation of application No. 18/189,017, filed on Mar. 23, 2023, granted, now 11,968,056.
Application 18/189,017 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/051311, filed on Sep. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/237,635, filed on Aug. 27, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/082,685, filed on Sep. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0283669 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 12/18 (2006.01); G06T 13/20 (2011.01)
CPC H04L 12/1818 (2013.01) [G06T 13/20 (2013.01); H04L 12/1822 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
presenting, at a local device, a first representation of a multi-user communication session comprising a representation of a remote user on a remote device;
receiving, at the local device, an indication of an orientation of a viewpoint the remote user relative a second representation of the multi-user communication session presented by the remote device;
determining a spatial transformation between the representation of the remote user in the first representation of the multi-user communication session and the viewpoint of the remote user in the second representation of the multi-user communication session; and
updating, at the local device, the presentation of the representation of the remote user based on the determined spatial transformation.