	US 12,008,160 B2
	Eye tracking based selection of a user interface (UI) element based on targeting criteria
Bryce L. Schmidtchen, San Francisco, CA (US); Ioana Negoita, San Jose, CA (US); Anshu K. Chimalamarri, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Gregory Lutter, Boulder Creek, CA (US); Thomas J. Moore, Cupertino, CA (US); and Trevor J. McIntyre, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/117,997.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/325,545, filed on Mar. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0333643 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06T 7/55 (2017.01); G06T 7/60 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01)

CPC G06F 3/013 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06T 7/55 (2017.01); G06T 7/60 (2013.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30201 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A method comprising:

displaying, on a display, a first user interface (UI) element that is associated with a first selection region and a second selection region; and

while displaying the first UI element:

receiving eye tracking data using an eye tracker;

determining, based on the eye tracking data, that a first targeting criterion is satisfied with respect to the first selection region;

determining, based on the eye tracking data, that a second targeting criterion is satisfied with respect to the second selection region; and

selecting the first UI element based at least in part on determining that the first targeting criterion is satisfied and the second targeting criterion is satisfied.