ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,164, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to VIEWPOINTSYSTEM GMBH (Vienna).

"Nose pad eye/gaze tracking module applicable to smart glasses" was invented by Johannes Voigt (Feldkirch, Austria), Frank Linsenmaier (Weinstadt, Germany) and Nils Berger (Schaan, Liechtenstein).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a nose pad eye/gaze tracking module applicable to known augmented/virtual reality glasses, to visual remote guidance devices in general or to working/safety glasses, constituting the nose pads part of said devices. The invention further provides a method for fastening the nose pad eye/gaze tracking module to s...