ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,343, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Eye position tracking sensor and method" was invented by Gavril Nikolaevich Vostrikov (Moscow), Nikolay Viktorovich Muravyev (Moscow Region, Russia), Vladimir Nikolaevich Borisov (St. Petersburg, Russia), Aleksandr Evgenyevich Angervaks (St. Petersburg, Russia), Roman Aleksandrovich Okun (St. Petersburg, Russia) and Mikhail Vyacheslavovich Popov (Moscow Region, Russia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of eye tracking includes: irradiating a light pattern, output from at least one collimated light source, to a cornea surface; detecting...