Apple patents method to blend blurred and sharp avatar layers
Apple describes a technique for creating digital avatars by combining a blurred background layer with a sharper foreground layer. The system adjusts the transparency of the sharp layer based on how confident the sensors are about the subject's features.
In the filing’s own words
Applying a blurred, light wrapping effect to an avatar in an efficient manner includes rendering a blur pass comprising a first texture comprising a first avatar representation of a first subject on which a blur treatment is applied. In a target resolution pass, a second texture is rendered comprising a second avatar representation, wherein the second avatar representation of the first subject is associated with one or more confidence values based on sensor data from which the second avatar representation is generated. A composite image is generated using the blur pass and the second avatar representation, wherein a level of opacity of the second avatar representation is determined based on the one or more confidence values.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable code executable by one or more processors to: generate a composite image, comprising computer readable code to: render a first texture comprising a first avatar representation of a first subject, wherein the first avatar representation is generated using a blur treatment; render a second texture comprising a second avatar representation of the first subject, wherein the second avatar representation is associated with one or more confidence values based on sensor data from which the second avatar representation is generated, and wherein the second texture is rendered over the first texture; and modify-a level of opacity of a first region of the second texture in accordance with a first confidence value for the first region.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- Light wrapping effects for avatars
- Patent number
- US12749260B1
- Application number
- 18679694
- Filed
- May 31, 2024
- Granted
- Sep 29, 2026
- Inventors
- 6
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06T 15/503 Physics & computingG06T 15/04 Physics & computingG06T 15/30 Physics & computingMore from Apple in AR, VR & displays
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