US Patent Issued to Sony Interactive Entertainment on Nov. 11 for "System to detect add-on prescription lenses to VR HMDs with eye tracking" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,156, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Tokyo).

"System to detect add-on prescription lenses to VR HMDs with eye tracking" was invented by Jeff Stafford (San Mateo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A person's prescription lens holder that is configured to fit on an HMD is configured for modifying eye tracking glint reflections to detect the presence of the prescription lens holder and thus alert the playback system that a prescription lens is in use and may distort the projected video, requiring correction. In addition or alternatively, a computer readable code may be disposed on the holder f...