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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2024
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Gregory Lutter, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
This relates to gaze-based input systems and methods for reducing unintended gaze input(s) in a three-dimensional environment. In some examples, an electronic device presents a three-dimensional environment that includes affordances for triggering events in a foveal region of the user interface, and one or more indicators that provide visual feedback on the execution or progress of the triggered events in a perifoveal region of the user interface. Displaying an indicator in the perifoveal region that provides visual feedback concurrently with the user's gaze upon affordances in the foveal region can provide a confirmation or refutation of the user's intended gaze inputs through a visual detection of changes to the appearance of the indicator (e.g., movement of the indicator, changes to the shape/boundaries/graphics of the indicator, or changes to the color and/or brightness of the indicator).