US Patent Issued to Korea Institute of Science and Technology on Sept. 15 for "Method and device for estimating gaze distance of user using hybrid scheme" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,737,908, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Korea Institute of Science and Technology (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method and device for estimating gaze distance of user using hybrid scheme" was invented by Min Koo Kang (Seoul, South Korea), Dae Yong Cho (Seoul, South Korea) and Tae Young Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and device for estimating a gaze distance of a user using hybrid scheme may accurately estimate a gaze distance of a user robustly against a difference in physiological characteristics of the user and a change in external environment using information of a binocular image and information of a d...