ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,036, issued on April 15, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Electronic device" was invented by Tomoyuki Shiozaki (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes at least one memory storing instructions; and at least one processor which, upon execution of the instructions, configures the at least one processor to function as: an estimation unit configured to estimate a gaze area of a user; and a selection unit configured to select a selection area from one or more candidate areas based on the gaze area."
The patent was filed on Dec. 8, 2022, under Application No. 18/063,471.
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