US 12,411,554 B2
Method of displaying selectable options
Nathan Gitter, Cupertino, CA (US); Jordan A. Cazamias, Conroe, TX (US); Alexis H. Palangie, Palo Alto, CA (US); Aaron M. Burns, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Benjamin Hylak, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/182,298.
Application 18/182,298 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/049129, filed on Sep. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/077,111, filed on Sep. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0325003 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/017 (2013.01) [G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06V 40/28 (2022.01)] 51 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
at an electronic device in communication with a display:
presenting, via the display, a three-dimensional environment;
while presenting the three-dimensional environment, determining that one or more criteria have been satisfied, including a requirement that a hand in the three-dimensional environment is oriented in a predetermined manner with respect to the electronic device, and a requirement that a gaze of a user is directed at the hand or within a threshold distance of the hand within the three-dimensional environment; and
in accordance with the determination that the one or more criteria have been satisfied, displaying, via the display, a control user interface element at a location in the three-dimensional environment associated with the predetermined manner in which the hand is oriented with respect to the electronic device.