Apple patents system that suggests actions based on objects in 3D scenes
Apple has filed a patent for a computer system that uses sensors to detect objects within a three-dimensional environment. The system checks if the object's properties match specific criteria, such as being in a predefined area, before offering a relevant suggestion to the user.
In the filing’s own words
An example method includes: at a computer system that is in communication with one or more sensor devices: detecting, via the one or more sensor devices, a first object within a three-dimensional ( 3 D) scene; and in response to detecting, via the one or more sensor devices, the first object within the 3 D scene: in accordance with a determination that a set of one or more criteria is satisfied, wherein the set of one or more criteria includes a first criterion that is satisfied when a property of the first object is within a predefined region associated with the 3 D scene, providing a suggestion that is determined based on the first object; and in accordance with a determination that the set of one or more criteria is not satisfied, forgoing providing the suggestion that is determined based on the first object.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A computer system configured to communicate with one or more sensor devices, the computer system comprising: one or more processors; and memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for: detecting, via the one or more sensor devices, a first object within a three-dimensional (3D) scene; and in response to detecting, via the one or more sensor devices, the first object within the 3D scene: in accordance with a determination that a set of one or more criteria is satisfied, wherein the set of one or more criteria includes a first criterion that is satisfied when a property of the first object is within a predefined region associated with the 3D scene, providing a suggestion that is determined based on the first object; and in accordance with a determination that the set of one or more criteria is not satisfied, forgoing providing the suggestion that is determined based on the first object.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- SELECTION OF OBJECTS FOR SUGGESTIONS
- Publication number
- US20260267486A1
- Application number
- 19535786
- Filed
- Feb 10, 2026
- Published
- Sep 10, 2026
- Inventors
- 5
- Claims
- 24
Classified under
G06F 3/04842 Physics & computingG06F 3/041 Physics & computingG06F 3/0481 Physics & computingG06F 3/0482 Physics & computingG06T 19/20 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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