Apple was granted 54 Patents today covering Augmented Reality Selfies, Face ID, Apple’s AR ‘Measure’ App & more – Patently Apple

Today the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 54 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. In this particular report we briefly cover a patent relating to future AR Selfies, Apples Face ID and their AR Measure app. And as always, we wrap up this week's granted patent report with our traditional listing of the remaining granted patents that were issued to Apple today.

Augmented Reality Selfies

Apple was granted a patent today by the U.S. Patent Office (USPTO) that covers systems, methods and apparatuses that relate to the generation of Augmented Reality or AR Selfies."

In an embodiment, a method comprises: capturing, by a first camera of a mobile device, live image data, the live image data including an image of a subject in a physical, real-world environment; receiving, by a depth sensor of the mobile device, depth data indicating a distance of the subject from the camera in the physical, real-world environment; receiving, by one or more motion sensors of the mobile device, motion data indicating at least an orientation of the first camera in the physical, real-world environment; generating a virtual camera transform based on the motion data, the camera transform for determining an orientation of a virtual camera in a virtual environment; and generating a composite image data, using the image data, a matte and virtual background content selected based on the virtual camera orientation.

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For more on this, review Apples granted patent 11,394,898.

Biometric Authentication: Face ID

Patently Apple first covered Apples original Face ID patent from a European patent filing in December 2018. Apples invention provides efficient methods and interfaces for implementing biometric authentication of biometric features. Apple noted in their patent that there was a need for electronic devices to provide a convenient and efficient method for enrolling one or more portions of a biometric feature. For another example, there is a need for electronic devices that provide a quick and intuitive technique for selectively accessing secure data in accordance with biometric authentication.

For another example, there is a need for electronic devices that provide a quick and intuitive technique for enabling a function of a device in accordance with biometric authentication.

Such techniques can reduce the cognitive burden on a user who enrolls a biometric feature and/or biometrically authenticates with a device, thereby enhancing overall productivity. Further, such techniques can reduce processor and battery power otherwise wasted on redundant user inputs.

Apples original granted patent contained 81 patent claims. In Apples third granted patent, Apple added a whopping 93 new patent claims to better protect their invention from competitors, patent trolls and copycats. To review Apples patent in general and their new patent claims specifically, review Apples granted patent 11,393,258.

Apple was also granted patent 11,391,561 covering their AR Measure App titled Devices and methods for measuring using augmented reality. This is Apples second granted patent. We covered Apples first granted patent in April 2020. In this current granted patent, Apple added 21 new patent claims to better protect their invention from competitors, patent trolls and copycats.

Todays Remaining Granted Patents

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Apple was granted 54 Patents today covering Augmented Reality Selfies, Face ID, Apple's AR 'Measure' App & more - Patently Apple