US 12,148,066 B2
Method and device for presenting synthesized reality companion content
Ian M. Richter, Los Angeles, CA (US); Daniel Ulbricht, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Jean-Daniel E. Nahmias, San Francisco, CA (US); Omar Elafifi, Oakland, CA (US); and Peter Meier, Los Gatos, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/215,311.
Application 18/215,311 is a continuation of application No. 17/707,774, filed on Mar. 29, 2022, granted, now 11,727,606.
Application 17/707,774 is a continuation of application No. 16/963,308, granted, now 11,328,456, issued on May 10, 2022, previously published as PCT/US2019/014225, filed on Jan. 18, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/734,050, filed on Sep. 20, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/620,326, filed on Jan. 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0351644 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/04883 (2022.01)
CPC G06T 11/00 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
at a computing system including non-transitory memory and one or more processors, wherein the computing system is communicatively coupled to a display device and one or more input devices:
while causing presentation of video content via the display device, obtaining, via the one or more input devices, a user input indicating a request associated with a current portion of the video content;
in response to receiving the user input, obtaining synthesized reality (SR) content and one or more missions or tasks associated with the current portion of the video content;
concurrently causing presentation of, via the display device, the SR content and an SR character associated with the current portion of the video content;
obtaining, via the one or more input devices, one or more commands associated with driving the SR character within the SR content; and
adjusting the SR content in response to obtaining the one or more commands associated with driving the SR character within the SR content; and
in response to determining that the one or more commands associated with driving the SR character within the SR content satisfy an exit condition for the current portion, ceasing to cause presentation of the SR content and continuing causing presentation of the video content, wherein the exit condition for the current portion is satisfied when the one or more commands associated with driving the SR character within the SR content cause the SR character to complete at least one of the one or more missions or tasks associated with the current portion of the video content.