ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,597, issued on April 22, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"Determining gaze direction to generate augmented reality content" was invented by Kyle Goodrich (Venice, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject technology determines a gaze direction in a field of view of a user using an eyewear device. The subject technology generates an anchor point in the field of view based at least in part on the determined gaze direction. The subject technology identifies a surface corresponding to a ground plane in the field of view. The subject technology determines a distance from the identified surface to the anchor point....