ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,590, issued on May 20, was assigned to Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH (Aalen, Germany).
"Method for head image recording and corresponding mobile device" was invented by Oliver Schwarz (Ellwangen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of head image capturing is provided, which includes: capturing, with a mobile device, a first image of at least an eye portion of a head of a person, and capturing second images of the head with the mobile device while the head is turning in a first direction relative to the mobile device. The method entails searching for predefined landmarks in each of the second images, and stopping ca...