ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,296, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to EMOCOG Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for gaze tracking based on machine learning" was invented by Yoo Hun Noh (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and a method for gaze tracking based on machine learning are proposed. In one aspect, the device includes an input unit configured to input an image including a face, and a feature point detection processor configured to detect first feature points in the image including the face. The device may also include a face direction detection processor configured to detect a direction of the face based on the de...