Apple patents virtual guide for capturing photo sequences
Apple describes a system where a device creates a specific path for a user to follow while taking a series of pictures. A second device, such as a headset, overlays a virtual indicator on the real world to guide the user along that path.
In the filing’s own words
A first device includes a display, an input device, a non-transitory memory and one or more processors coupled with the display, the input device and the non-transitory memory. In some implementations, a method includes detecting, via the input device, an input that corresponds to a request to generate a path for an entity to follow while a sequence of images is to be captured. In some implementations, the method includes generating the path for the entity based on the request. In some implementations, the method includes triggering a second device that is associated with the entity to overlay a virtual indicator indicative of the path on a pass-through of a physical environment. In some implementations, the virtual indicator guides the entity along the path while the sequence of images is captured.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. (canceled)
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- VIRTUAL INDICATOR FOR CAPTURING A SEQUENCE OF IMAGES
- Publication number
- US20260268617A1
- Application number
- 19662666
- Filed
- Apr 29, 2026
- Published
- Sep 10, 2026
- Inventors
- 5
- Claims
- 21
Classified under
G06T 19/006 Physics & computingH04N 23/631 Electricity & electronicsH04N 23/635 Electricity & electronicsH04N 23/64 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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