ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,383, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Gaze and head pose interaction" was invented by Thomas G. Salter (Foster City, Calif.), Anshu K. Chimalamarri (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Bryce L Schmidtchen (San Francisco), Devin W. Chalmers (Oakland, Calif.) and Gregory Lutter (Boulder Creek, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods for using a gaze vector and head pose information to effectuate a user interaction with a virtual object. In some implementations, a device includes a sensor for sensing a head pose of a user, a display, one or m...