US 12,265,657 B2
Methods for navigating user interfaces
Israel Pastrana Vicente, Spring, TX (US); Jay Moon, San Francisco, CA (US); Jesse Chand, San Francisco, CA (US); Jonathan R. Dascola, San Francisco, CA (US); William A. Sorrentino, III, San Francisco, CA (US); Stephen O. Lemay, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Dorian D. Dargan, Danville, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/336,770.
Application 18/336,770 is a continuation of application No. 17/479,791, filed on Sep. 20, 2021, granted, now 11,720,171.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/083,804, filed on Sep. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0333646 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/013 (2013.01) [G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01)] 39 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
at an electronic device in communication with a display generation component and an eye tracking device:
displaying, via the display generation component, a user interface that includes:
a first control element that is selectable to perform a first operation, wherein the first control element is displayed with a first appearance; and
a respective user interface element that includes a respective portion of the respective user interface element that is displayed with a respective visual characteristic having a first value;
while displaying the user interface, detecting, via the eye tracking device, that a gaze of a user is directed to the first control element; and
in response to detecting that the gaze of the user is directed to the first control element:
updating the first control element to have a second appearance, different from the first appearance, such that a respective portion of the first control element having the second appearance is displayed overlaid on a part of the respective portion of the respective user interface element; and
displaying the respective portion of the respective user interface element with the respective visual characteristic having a second value, different from the first value.