US 12,462,471 B2
Toggling operating modes for generating 3D representations
Johan V. Hedberg, Foster City, CA (US); Corentin Cheron, Boulder, CO (US); Mukul Sati, San Jose, CA (US); and Kyle L. Simek, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/093,364.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/296,965, filed on Jan. 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0215081 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 15/20 (2011.01)
CPC G06T 15/20 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
at a device having a processor and one or more sensors:
acquiring sensor data by the one or more sensors in a physical environment; and
operating the device according to a first operating mode and a second operating mode of a plurality of operating modes during different periods of time, wherein:
in the first operating mode, the device generates a three-dimensional (3D) representation of the physical environment at a first processing rate based on the sensor data and the device monitors one or more conditions to switch to the second operating mode, and
in the second operating mode, the device monitors the one or more conditions to switch to the first operating mode and generates the 3D representation at a second processing rate that is different than the first processing rate of the first operating mode.