US Patent Issued to Distance Technologies on June 10 for "Refining head pose tracking based on seat position and orientation" (Finnish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,970, issued on June 10, was assigned to Distance Technologies Oy (Helsinki).

"Refining head pose tracking based on seat position and orientation" was invented by Mikko Strandborg (Hangonkyla, Finland) and Thomas Carlsson (Vantaa, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Tracking means is utilised to estimate potential positions of a head of a user sitting on a seat of a vehicle. A three-dimensional (3D) volume where the user's head is likely to be present is determined, based on a current setting of adjustable seat parameter(s), the adjustable seat parameter(s) being detected by sensor(s). It is detected whether at least one of the plu...