US 12,443,274 B2
Methods and systems for changing a display based on user input and gaze
Shih-Sang Chiu, San Francisco, CA (US); Benjamin H. Boesel, Sunnyvale, CA (US); David H. Huang, San Mateo, CA (US); Jonathan Perron, Felton, CA (US); Jonathan Ravasz, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Jordan A. Cazamias, San Francisco, CA (US); and Tyson Erze, Felton, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 18/575,046
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 14, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/033399
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 28, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/278138, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 5, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/215,872, filed on Jun. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0310907 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/013 (2013.01) [G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
at an electronic device with an input device, an eye tracker, a display, one or more processors, and a non-transitory memory:
displaying, on the display, a plurality of user interface elements;
receiving, via the input device, a user input corresponding to an input location;
determining, using the eye tracker, a gaze location;
determining whether a distance between the input location and the gaze location is at least a threshold distance;
in response to receiving the user input, determining whether to activate a first user interface element at the gaze location or a second user interface element at the input location, wherein:
the first user interface element is configured to be activated when the input location is at least a threshold distance from the gaze location; and
the second user interface element is configured to be activated when the input location is within the threshold distance of the gaze location; and
activating the first user interface element or the second user interface element.