US 11,995,285 B2
Methods for adjusting and/or controlling immersion associated with user interfaces
Nicholas W. Henderson, San Carlos, CA (US); Ieyuki Kawashima, Pleasanton, CA (US); Stephen O. Lemay, Palo Alto, CA (US); Israel Pastrana Vicente, Spring, TX (US); Wesley M. Holder, Union City, CA (US); Jeffrey M. Faulkner, San Francisco, CA (US); William A. Sorrentino, III, Mill Valley, CA (US); and Peter D. Anton, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/932,655.
Application 17/932,655 is a continuation of application No. 17/448,876, filed on Sep. 25, 2021, granted, now 11,520,456.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/083,792, filed on Sep. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0008537 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06F 3/0487 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/0481 (2013.01) [G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0487 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
at an electronic device in communication with a display generation component and an eye tracking device:
concurrently displaying, via the display generation component:
a first user interface associated with a first application; and
a second user interface surrounding at least a portion of the first user interface, wherein the second user interface includes a respective portion of a three-dimensional environment;
while concurrently displaying the first user interface and the portion of the second user interface that surrounds at least the portion of the first user interface, detecting, via the eye tracking device, that a gaze of a user is directed to the first user interface; and
in response to detecting that the gaze of the user is directed to the first user interface:
in accordance with a determination that one or more criteria are satisfied, deemphasizing the second user interface with respect to the first user interface, including deemphasizing the respective portion of the three-dimensional environment while maintaining display of the respective portion of the three-dimensional environment.