Apple patents adjusting 3D person detail based on viewing angle
Apple describes a system that changes how much detail is shown in a digital representation of a person depending on the angle from which it is viewed. The technology adjusts the visual complexity of the model to match specific viewing perspectives.
In the filing’s own words
Techniques for displaying a representation of a person based on a background, viewing angle, and/or a mouth occlusion.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A computer system configured to communicate with one or more display generation components, 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: displaying, via the one or more display generation components, a representation of a person from a respective viewing angle relative to a respective portion of the representation of the person, including: in accordance with a determination that the respective viewing angle relative to the respective portion of the representation of the person corresponds to a first viewing angle relative to the respective portion of the representation of the person, displaying the representation of the person with an appearance having a first level of detail; and in accordance with a determination that the respective viewing angle relative to the respective portion of the representation of the person corresponds to a second viewing angle relative to the respective portion of the representation of the person that is different from the first viewing angle, displaying the representation of the person with the appearance having a second level of detail that is different from the first level of detail.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- DEVICES, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR DISPLAYING A REPRESENTATION OF A PERSON
- Publication number
- US20260313075A1
- Application number
- 19696040
- Filed
- Jun 2, 2026
- Published
- Oct 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 8
- Claims
- 29
Classified under
H04N 7/157 Electricity & electronicsG06T 13/40 Physics & computingG06T 15/50 Physics & computingG06V 40/171 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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