ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,371, issued on July 15, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Wavelength multiplexed waveguide system for eye tracking" was invented by Yang Yang (Redmond, Wash.), Sascha Hallstein (Saratoga, Calif.), Jianbo Zhao (Redmond, Wash.) and Peter Johnsen (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, system, and method for a waveguide system may be used to support eye tracking in a head mounted display (HMD). The waveguide system may be positioned in a user's field of view and within a lens assembly of the HMD to capture light that is reflected from an eye. The waveguide system may include a waveguide...