US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA, AISIN on July 1 for "Corneal reflected image identifying device and gaze detection device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,140, issued on July 1, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan) and AISIN Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Corneal reflected image identifying device and gaze detection device" was invented by Seiya Ishiguro (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A corneal reflected image identifying device and gaze detection device enabling detection of a gaze with a high precision even when a person being monitored is wearing an object covering the eyes, in particular a corneal reflected image identifying device comprising a light projecting part 110 for projecting light from two light sources 110a, 110b which are spaced apart from each oth...