Apple patents display that aligns images with your body position
Apple describes a method where a wearable device uses a camera to see a part of your body that is usually hidden by the device itself. It calculates the exact position of that body part relative to the screen and adjusts the image shown so it lines up correctly with your body.
In the filing’s own words
Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods for generating an image for display based on a position of a body part relative to a display of a device. In some implementations, a device includes an image sensor, a display, a non-transitory memory and one or more processors. In some implementations, a method includes capturing, via the image sensor, a first image of a body part of a user of the device, wherein the device occludes the body part when the user wears the device. In some implementations, the method includes determining, based on the first image, a position of the body part relative to the display. In some implementations, the method includes generating a second image for presentation on the display. In some implementations, the method includes displaying the second image aligned with the body part based on the determined position.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method for adjusting display of an image comprising: at a device including an image sensor, a display, a non-transitory memory and one or more processors coupled with the image sensor, the display and the non-transitory memory: capturing, via the image sensor, a first image of a body part of a user of the device, wherein the device occludes the body part when the user wears the device; determining, based on the first image, a position of the body part relative to the display; generating a second image for presentation on the display; and displaying the second image on the display, wherein presentation of the second image on the display is aligned with the body part based on the position of the body part.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- Adjusting Display of an Image based on Device Position
- Publication number
- US20260289800A1
- Application number
- 19553018
- Filed
- Feb 27, 2026
- Published
- Sep 24, 2026
- Inventors
- 6
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06T 7/30 Physics & computingG06T 3/40 Physics & computingG06T 3/60 Physics & computingG06T 7/60 Physics & computingG06T 7/70 Physics & computingG06T 2207/30201 Physics & computingMore from Apple in Wearables
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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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