US Patent Issued to Apple on Oct. 14 for "Input recognition based on distinguishing direct and indirect user interactions" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,286, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Input recognition based on distinguishing direct and indirect user interactions" was invented by David J. Meyer (Menlo Park, Calif.), Julian K. Shutzberg (San Francisco), David M. Teitelbaum (San Francisco), Daniel J. Brewer (San Jose, Calif.), Bharat C. Dandu (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Christopher D. McKenzie (Burlingame, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that interpret user activity as user interactions with user interface (UI) elements positioned within a three-dimensional (3D) ...