US Patent Issued to Apple on Nov. 25 for "Volumetric user interface layers for electronic devices" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,514, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Volumetric user interface layers for electronic devices" was invented by Peter L. Hajas (Lafayette, Colo.), Jason M. Cahill (Woodinville, Wash.) and Raffael Hannemann (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the subject technology provide volumetric interface layers for an electronic device. The volumetric interface layers may be discrete distance layers, each having a respective distance from the electronic device, in which user interfaces can be displayed by the electronic device. Applications running on the electronic device may be provided with the a...