US 12,136,264 B2
Obfuscating location data associated with a physical environment
Ian M. Richter, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/462,867.
Application 17/462,867 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2020/034481, filed on May 26, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/853,860, filed on May 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0397811 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. G06V 20/00 (2022.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06V 20/13 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 20/13 (2022.01) [G06F 21/6245 (2013.01); G06T 5/50 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30232 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
at a device including an environmental sensor, a non-transitory memory, and one or more processors coupled with the environmental sensor and the non-transitory memory:
obtaining, via the environmental sensor, environmental data corresponding to a physical environment;
identifying a first portion of the environmental data that indicates a location of the physical environment;
in response to the location being a first location type, performing a first type of modification to the first portion of the environmental data; and
in response to the location being a second location type that is different from the first location type, performing a second type of modification to the first portion of the environmental data.