ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,791, issued on March 17, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Gaze-based input systems" was invented by Gregory Lutter (Boulder Creek, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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. Dis...