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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
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);
Tyson Erze, Felton, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
In one implementation, a method of activating a user interface element is performed at a device including an input device, an eye tracker, a display, one or more processors, and non-transitory memory. The method includes displaying, on the display, a plurality of user interface elements and receiving, via the input device, a user input corresponding to an input location. The method includes determining, using the eye tracker, a gaze location. The method includes, in response to determining that the input location is at least a threshold distance from the gaze location, activating a first user interface element at the gaze location and, in response to determining that it is not, activating a second user interface element at the input location.