US 11,960,641 B2
Application placement based on head position
Aaron M. Burns, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/845,863.
Application 17/845,863 is a continuation of application No. 16/552,549, filed on Aug. 27, 2019, granted, now 11,366,514.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/738,927, filed on Sep. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0008291 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06T 3/20 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/012 (2013.01) [G06T 3/20 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
one or more processors; and memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
displaying a virtual object at a first position in a computer-generated reality environment;
while displaying the virtual object in the computer-generated reality environment:
detecting a change in a gaze position from a first gaze position to a second gaze position, wherein the change in the gaze position is detected using one or more sensors; and
in response to detecting the change in the gaze position from the first gaze position to the second gaze position:
in accordance with a determination that the second gaze position is located outside a range of gaze positions, repositioning the virtual object to a second position in the computer-generated reality environment; and
in accordance with a determination that the second gaze position is located within the range of gaze positions, continuing displaying the virtual object at the first position in the computer-generated reality environment.