The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday officially published a series of five patents newly granted to Apple that cover various attributes likely to be incorporated into a mixed reality headset.
Jack Purcher for Patently Apple:
Today the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially granted Apple a patent titled “Eye tracking using low resolution images” that relates to various methods and apparatus for eye tracking in virtual and mixed or augmented reality (VR/AR) applications using head motion sensors referred to as ‘head odometers.’
Apple’s granted patent covers methods and apparatus for glint-assisted gaze tracking in VR/AR head-mounted displays (HMDs).
Images captured by gaze tracking cameras may be input to a glint detection process and a pupil detection process, for example implemented by one or more processors of a controller of the HMD.
MacDailyNews Note: More info an Apple’s patent application illustrations in the full article here.
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