ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,154, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Tokyo).

"Tracking a gaze direction of a user" was invented by Maurizio Cerrato (London), Lawrence Martin Green (London), Jun Yen Leung (London), Maria Chiara Monti (London), Patrick John Connor (London) and Rajeev Gupta (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for tracking a gaze direction of a user, the system comprising: a lens mountable on the surface of a user's eye, wherein the lens comprises a reflective element configured to reflect at least a portion of light incident on the lens; a photosensor configured to detect the reflected light; a pro...