Patents by Inventor Alexis PALANGIE

Alexis PALANGIE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240062487
    Abstract: In an exemplary process, a computer-generated reality environment comprising a virtual object is presented and user movement that occurs in a physical environment is detected. In response to determining that the detected user movement is toward the virtual object and that the virtual object obstructs a real object from the physical environment, a determination is made whether the detected user movement is directed to the virtual object or the real object. In accordance with a determination that the detected user movement is directed to the real object, a visual appearance of the virtual object is modified, where modifying the visual appearance of the virtual object comprises displaying presenting at least a portion of the real object. In accordance with a determination that the detected user movement is directed to the virtual object, the presentation of the virtual object is maintained to obstruct the real object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Alexis PALANGIE, Aaron Mackay BURNS
  • Publication number: 20230419622
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to techniques for providing tangibility visualization of virtual objects within a computer-generated reality (CGR) environment, such as a CGR environment based on virtual reality and/or a CGR environment based on mixed reality. A visual feedback indicating tangibility is provided for a virtual object within a CGR environment that does not correspond to a real, tangible object in the real environment. A visual feedback indicating tangibility is not provided for a virtual representation of a real object within a CGR environment that corresponds to a real, tangible object in the real environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Alexis PALANGIE, Avi BAR-ZEEV
  • Patent number: 11842449
    Abstract: In an exemplary process, a computer-generated reality environment comprising a virtual object is presented and user movement that occurs in a physical environment is detected. In response to determining that the detected user movement is toward the virtual object and that the virtual object obstructs a real object from the physical environment, a determination is made whether the detected user movement is directed to the virtual object or the real object. In accordance with a determination that the detected user movement is directed to the real object, a visual appearance of the virtual object is modified, where modifying the visual appearance of the virtual object comprises displaying presenting at least a portion of the real object. In accordance with a determination that the detected user movement is directed to the virtual object, the presentation of the virtual object is maintained to obstruct the real object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alexis Palangie, Aaron Mackay Burns
  • Patent number: 11756269
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to techniques for providing tangibility visualization of virtual objects within a computer-generated reality (CGR) environment, such as a CGR environment based on virtual reality and/or a CGR environment based on mixed reality. A visual feedback indicating tangibility is provided for a virtual object within a CGR environment that does not correspond to a real, tangible object in the real environment. A visual feedback indicating tangibility is not provided for a virtual representation of a real object within a CGR environment that corresponds to a real, tangible object in the real environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alexis Palangie, Avi Bar-Zeev
  • Publication number: 20210097766
    Abstract: In an exemplary process, a computer-generated reality environment comprising a virtual object is presented and user movement that occurs in a physical environment is detected. In response to determining that the detected user movement is toward the virtual object and that the virtual object obstructs a real object from the physical environment, a determination is made whether the detected user movement is directed to the virtual object or the real object. In accordance with a determination that the detected user movement is directed to the real object, a visual appearance of the virtual object is modified, where modifying the visual appearance of the virtual object comprises displaying presenting at least a portion of the real object. In accordance with a determination that the detected user movement is directed to the virtual object, the presentation of the virtual object is maintained to obstruct the real object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Alexis PALANGIE, Aaron Mackay BURNS