ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,554, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Augmented reality device and method for detecting user's gaze" was invented by Bonkon Koo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sunghwan Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Youngmo Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An augmented reality (AR) device for detecting a user's gaze and a method thereof are provided. The AR device includes a waveguide; a light reflector including a pattern; a support configured to fix the AR device to the user's face of the AR device; a light emitter and a light receiver installed on the support; and at l...