US 12,333,083 B2
Methods for manipulating objects in an environment
Matthew J. Sundstrom, Campbell, CA (US); Evgenii Krivoruchko, San Francisco, CA (US); Matan Stauber, San Francisco, CA (US); and Zoey C. Taylor, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/655,347.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/261,665, filed on Sep. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/164,470, filed on Mar. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0317776 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/04815 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/017 (2013.01) [G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/04815 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01)] 36 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
at an electronic device in communication with a display generation component and one or more input devices, including a hand tracking device:
while displaying, via the display generation component, a content entry user interface element and while a first content entry tool is selected, detecting, via the hand tracking device, a first movement of a predefined portion of a user of the electronic device while the predefined portion of the user has a first shape; and
in response to detecting the first movement of the predefined portion of the user while the predefined portion of the user has the first shape:
in accordance with a determination that a gaze of the user was directed toward the content entry user interface element when the first movement of the predefined portion of the user was detected, entering first content, based on the first content entry tool, corresponding to the first movement of the predefined portion of the user into the content entry user interface element; and
in accordance with a determination that the gaze of the user was directed toward a menu user interface element when the first movement of the predefined portion of the user was detected, selecting a second content entry tool, different from the first content entry tool, for entering content into the content entry user interface element.