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Apple patents moving video between devices with a visual animation

This filing describes a way to move video content from one screen to another by pointing a device's camera at the first screen. When a user triggers the transfer, the first device shows an animation of the video flying to the new location before it appears on the second device.

Why it mattersIt could make switching between screens, like a phone and a TV, feel more connected and less like a technical task.

In the filing’s own words

In one implementation, a method of transferring the display of video content from a first location to a second location is performed at a first device including an image sensor, a first display, one or more processors, and non-transitory memory. The method includes detecting a second device in a field-of-view of the image sensor displaying video content at a first location in the physical environment on a second display. The method includes detecting a transfer trigger to display the video content at a second location in the physical environment. The method includes, in response to detecting the transfer trigger, displaying, on the first display, a transfer animation of the video content being moved from the first location to the second location.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method comprising: at a first device, in a physical environment, including an image sensor, one or more processors, and a non-transitory memory: detecting a second device in a field-of-view of the image sensor, wherein the second device is displaying, on a second display of the second device, content at a first location in the physical environment; detecting a transfer user input directed to the first location in the physical environment; and in response to detecting the transfer user input, transmitting, to a third device, instructions to display, on a third display of the third device, the content at a second location in the physical environment.

Facts

Company
Apple (Apple Inc.)
Official title
Transfer of the Display of Content Between Devices with Animation
Publication number
US20260277520A1
Application number
19669669
Filed
May 6, 2026
Published
Sep 17, 2026
Inventors
1
Claims
20

Classified under

G06F 3/1423 Physics & computingG06F 3/013 Physics & computingG06F 3/0481 Physics & computingG06F 3/0484 Physics & computingG06T 13/00 Physics & computing
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