ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,761, issued on June 24, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).
"Multi-laser eye tracking system that scans light from laser light sources during respective periods of time" was invented by Gregory Theodore Gibson (Seattle) and Joshua Owen Miller (Woodinville, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are described herein that are capable of tracking an eye of a user using multiple lasers. Light from the lasers is scanned across respective partially overlapping portions of a region that includes an eye of a user during respective time periods. Portion(s) of the light that are reflected from the eye ...