ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,430,021, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Rotation-based user interface" was invented by Luis R. Deliz Centeno (Oakland, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implementing a rotation-based graphical user interface may include detecting a physical object in an image; presenting the rotation-based graphical user interface in accordance with the detected physical object, wherein input to the graphical user interface corresponds to movement of the physical object; detecting a movement of the physical object; determining a characteristic of the movement of the physical object; initiating a scrolling motion...