Audio description of physical objects
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorAnshu Chimalamarri
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Abstract
In one implementation, a method of playing a sound is performed by a first device having an image sensor, one or more processors, and non-transitory memory. The method includes capturing, using the image sensor, an image of a physical environment including a physical object. The method includes determining that one or more description criteria are satisfied, wherein the description criteria includes a criterion that is satisfied when the first device detects that a gaze of the user is directed at the physical object. The method includes, in response to determining that the description criteria are satisfied, playing a sound describing the physical object.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- at a first device having an image sensor, one or more processors, and non-transitory memory;
- capturing, using the image sensor, an image of a physical environment including a physical object;
- determining that one or more description criteria are satisfied, wherein the description criteria includes a criterion that is satisfied when the first device detects that a gaze of a user is directed at the physical object;
- and
- in response to determining that the description criteria are satisfied, playing a sound describing the physical object.
A first device comprising:
- an image sensor;
- a non-transitory memory;
- and
- one or more processors to:
- capture, using the image sensor, an image of a physical environment including a physical object;
- determine that one or more description criteria are satisfied, wherein the description criteria includes a criterion that is satisfied when the first device detects that a gaze of a user is directed at the physical object;
- and
- in response to determining that the description criteria are satisfied, play a sound describing the physical object.
A non-transitory memory storing one or more programs, which, when executed by one or more processors of a first device including an image sensor, cause the device to:
- capture, using the image sensor, an image of a physical environment including a physical object;
- determine that one or more description criteria are satisfied, wherein the description criteria includes a criterion that is satisfied when the first device detects that a gaze of a user is directed at the physical object;
- and
- in response to determining that the description criteria are satisfied, play a sound describing the physical object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.