ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,962, issued on May 26, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Gaze target for activating user interface elements" was invented by Anshu K. Chimalamarri (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Allison W. Dryer (Tiburon, Calif.), Benjamin S. Phipps (San Francisco), Jessica Trinh (Oakland, Calif.) and Nahckjoon Kim (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes displaying a user interface (UI) including a first UI element that is associated with a first UI operation and a second UI element that is associated with a second UI operation. The method includes, in response to detecting a first gaze input directed to one of the fir...