Apple patents system to confirm actions when it is unsure what you want
Apple has filed a patent for a computer system that watches how confident it is about what you are trying to do. If the system is sure, it performs the task immediately; if it is unsure, it asks you to confirm the action instead of guessing.
In the filing’s own words
Disclosed herein are example processes for performing tasks based on user-selected objects. In an example method, a user input indicating selection of an object is detected and in response to the user input a first output is provided when an action for the selected object meets a confidence criterion and a second output is provided when the action for the selected object does not meet the confidence criterion.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A computer system configured to communicate with one or more image sensors, the one or more computer systems comprising: one or more processors; and one or more memories storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for: detecting a user input indicating selection of an object; in response to detecting the user input indicating selection of the object: in accordance with a determination that an action for the selected object meets a confidence criterion, providing a first output based on the selected object and the action for the selected object; and in accordance with a determination that the action for the selected object does not meet the confidence criterion, providing a second output including a request for an action to be performed.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- PERSONALIZED SINGLE-ACTION DISAMBIGUATION
- Publication number
- US20260259640A1
- Application number
- 19544784
- Filed
- Feb 19, 2026
- Published
- Sep 3, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 21
Classified under
G06F 3/0482 Physics & computingG06F 3/0488 Physics & computingG06F 16/2457 Physics & computingG06F 3/017 Physics & computingG06F 3/04815 Physics & computingMore from Apple in AI & software
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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