Apple patents method to build 3D face models using data from multiple devices
Apple describes a system where a wearable device captures part of a user's face while a separate device captures the rest. The system combines these two sets of data to create a complete 3D model of the user's face.
In the filing’s own words
Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that use external device data to improve user data on a wearable device. For example, an example process may include receiving first sensor data, from a sensor of a wearable electronic device, depicting a first facial region of a user wearing the wearable electronic device. The process may further include receiving second sensor data depicting a second facial region of the user from a second device separate from the wearable electronic device. The second facial region of the user depicted in the second sensor data is absent in the first sensor data. The process may further determine that the first sensor data and the second sensor data correspond to the user. The process may further generate a user model based on the first sensor data and the second sensor data.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method comprising: at a wearable electronic device having a processor and a display: receiving, from a sensor of the wearable electronic device, first sensor data depicting a first facial region of a user wearing the wearable electronic device; obtaining, from a second device separate from the wearable electronic device, second sensor data depicting a second facial region of the user, wherein the second facial region of the user depicted in the second sensor data is absent in the first sensor data; determining that the first sensor data and the second sensor data correspond to the user; and generating a user model of the user based on the first sensor data and the second sensor data.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- MULTIPLE DEVICE MODEL AUGMENTATION
- Publication number
- US20260289929A1
- Application number
- 19670766
- Filed
- May 7, 2026
- Published
- Sep 24, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06T 19/20 Physics & computingG06V 10/761 Physics & computingG06V 10/774 Physics & computingG06V 40/10 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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