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Visual marker

US12093763B2 · kind B2 · utility

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10Claims

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Assignee

Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

Arun Srivatsan Rangaprasad · Sunnyvale, US
Anselm Grundhoefer · Campbell, US
Mohamed Selim Ben Himane · Milpitas, US
Dhruv Aditya Govil · San Mateo, US
Joseph M. Luxton · San Francisco, US
Jean-Charles Bazin · Nagold, DE
Shubham Agrawal · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 15, 2021
Grant date	Sep 17, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 15, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06K19/0614
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that provide a visual marker including a plurality of markings arranged in a corresponding plurality of shapes. In some implementations, each marking is formed of a set of sub-markings separated by gaps and arranged according to a respective shape, and the gaps of the plurality of markings are configured to encode data and indicate orientation of the visual marker. In some implementations, the plurality of markings are arranged in a plurality of concentric rings of increasing size. In some implementations, the orientation is encoded in a first set of gaps and data in a second set of gaps of the gaps in the plurality of markings.

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