ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,862, issued on May 27, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Glint analysis using multi-zone lens" was invented by Roei Remez (Tel Aviv, Israel), Ariel Lipson (Tel Aviv, Israel), Itai Afek (Kfar Sava, Israel) and Jonathan Hauser (Ramat Gan, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that determines an eye characteristic (e.g., gaze direction, eye orientation, etc.) based on the determined location of the glint. For example, an example process may include producing a glint by producing light that reflects off a portion of an eye, receiving the reflect...