US 12,481,514 B2
Volumetric user interface layers for electronic devices
Peter L. Hajas, Lafayette, CO (US); Jason M. Cahill, Woodinville, WA (US); and Raffael Hannemann, Paris (FR)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/510,629.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/470,941, filed on Jun. 4, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0403076 A1, Dec. 5, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 9/451 (2018.01); G06F 3/04845 (2022.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01)
CPC G06F 9/451 (2018.02) [G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a system-level process of an electronic device from an application running on the electronic device, a request to display a user interface of the application in a selected one of a plurality of discrete distance layers established by the system-level process, each distance layer corresponding to a distance away from the electronic device in a physical environment of the electronic device;
receiving user interface information from the application at the system-level process; and
displaying, by the system-level process of the electronic device and using the user interface information, the user interface to be perceived by a user of the electronic device at the distance corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of discrete distance layers.