ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,783,044, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"User interface element stability" was invented by Ali Ercan (San Jose, Calif.), Julian K. Shutzberg (San Francisco) and Daniel J. Brewer (Redwood City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, devices, and systems, in some implementations, stabilize user interface element using a stabilization property that is determined based on assessing the user's movement, e.g., assessing a hand movement characteristic and a head movement characteristic. In one example, the stabilization property restricts movement of user interface elements in certain circumstances, e.g...