ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,321,585, issued on June 3, was assigned to Huawei Technologies'Co.'Ltd.' (Shenzhen, China).

"Methods and devices for interactions using combination gaze and touch inputs" was invented by Sean Brian Braley (Orillia, Canada), Roeland Petrus Hubertus Vertegaal (Perth Road Village, Canada) and Calvin John Rubens (Ottawa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices are described that enable user interactions using a combination of gaze input and touch input. During display of interactive elements on a display of an electronic device, an estimated gaze location of a gaze input is determined. A target interactive element is identified base...