ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,844, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Near-viewing notification techniques" was invented by Laura L. Walker (Orinda, Calif.), Jiaying Wu (San Jose, Calif.), Andrew B. Watson (Los Gatos, Calif.) and Tim H. W. Cornelissen (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Approaches for presenting user cues based on distance between an electronic device and an object are described. In some examples, content is displayed. First sensor data is received, which is indicative of a first distance between the electronic device and the object. A first version of a user cue relating to the first distance ma...