Apple patents AR glasses that show device status when you look at an object
This filing describes a method for a display, likely augmented reality glasses, to link two separate electronic devices to a single physical item. When the user looks at that item, the system detects the gaze and immediately shows status indicators for both devices on the display.
In the filing’s own words
In one implementation, a method of displaying multiple status indicators is performed by a device including a display, one or more processors, and non-transitory memory. The method includes associating a first electronic device and a second electronic device with a physical object. The method includes detecting selection of the physical object including detecting a gaze directed to the physical object. The method includes, in response to detecting selection of the physical object, concurrently displaying, on the display, a first status indicator indicating a status of the first electronic device and a second status indicator indicating a status of the second electronic device.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method comprising: at a device including a display, non-transitory memory and one or more processors: associating a first electronic device and a second electronic device with a physical object; detecting selection of the physical object including detecting a gaze directed to the physical object; and in response to detecting selection of the physical object, concurrently displaying, on the display, a first status indicator indicating a status of the first electronic device and a second status indicator indicating a status of the second electronic device.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- Devices Associated with a Physical Object
- Publication number
- US20260261645A1
- Application number
- 19460632
- Filed
- Jan 27, 2026
- Published
- Sep 3, 2026
- Inventors
- 6
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04N 13/361 Electricity & electronicsG06F 3/04815 Physics & computingG06F 3/04817 Physics & computingG06F 3/04842 Physics & computingG06F 3/04847 Physics & computingH04N 13/398 Electricity & electronicsMore from Apple in AR, VR & displays
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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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