ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,661, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Massacusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).

"System and method for calibrating electrooculography signals based on head movement" was invented by Hrishikesh Rao (Dedham, Mass.), Jeffrey S. Palmer (Westford, Mass.) and Jason R. Nezvadovitz (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for calibrating eye information includes receiving eye state data measured during a calibration period, receiving head state data measured during the calibration period, calibrating the eye state data based on the head state data, and generating an eye angle measurement based on the calibrate...