ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,677, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Tobii Dynavox AB (Stockholm).

"Eye tracking device and methods of operation" was invented by Shea Kananionalani Ako (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is related to a peripheral containing an eye tracking device, a controller, and a battery. The peripheral may be able to receive a user device. When the user device is connected to the peripheral, the eye tracking device may transmit eye tracking data to the user device, and the controller may dynamically charge the user device, as well as power the eye tracking device."

The patent was filed on Nov. 15, 2022, under Ap...