ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,168, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Smart Eye AB (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Low light gaze detection in a vehicle environment" was invented by Henrik Lind (Torslanda, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Image analysis is used for low light gaze detection in a vehicle environment. An infrared (IR) light source is sent toward an individual within a vehicular environment. IR light reflections are received from the individual by at least one video camera. At least one eye of the individual is obscured by a semitransparent material. Low accuracy tracking of the individual is evaluated using the IR light reflections through the semitrans...