US 12,366,917 B1
Modifying display of content based on gaze and head movement
Luis R. Deliz Centeno, Fremont, CA (US); and Gregory Lutter, Boulder Creek, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/241,671.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/409,261, filed on Sep. 23, 2022.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01)
CPC G06F 3/013 (2013.01) [G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06T 19/00 (2013.01); G06T 2210/62 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
at an electronic device including a non-transitory memory, one or more processors, a display, an eye tracker and a movement sensor:
displaying, via the display, a display-locked virtual object that maintains position on the display in response to a positional change of the electronic device;
detecting, via the eye tracker, a movement of a gaze in a first direction;
detecting, via the movement sensor, a movement of a head in a second direction while detecting the movement of the gaze in the first direction;
identifying, based on the movement of the gaze and the movement of the head, a visual fixation point in a physical environment of the electronic device;
detecting that the display-locked virtual object obstructs a view of the visual fixation point; and
in response to detecting that the display-locked virtual object obstructs the view of the visual fixation point, decreasing a visibility of the display-locked virtual object.