ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,818, issued on July 22, was assigned to Boston Incubator Center LLC (Lexington, Mass.).
"Methods and systems for maintaining eye contact during an online video meeting" was invented by Haruhiko Harry Asada (Lincoln, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for establishing and maintaining eye contact during an online video meeting are described herein. Multiple cameras capture images of a meeting participant from a number of different angles. A three dimensional model is determined based on the collected images. The three dimensional model is evaluated to determine the gaze direction of the participant. A two dimensio...