ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,754,417, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to NTT DOCOMO Inc. (Tokyo).

"Identification system" was invented by Nobutaka Matsushima (Chiyoda-ku, Japan) and Yuuichi Mizukoshi (Chiyoda-ku, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An identification system that identifies an eye-gaze area of a user includes a wearable device and a mobile device. The wearable device is an HMD that is worn on the head of the user and detects an orientation of the head of the user. The mobile device is worn on the body of the user separately from the wearable device. The mobile device includes an image capture device, an acquirer, and an identifier. The acquirer acquire...