Personal device activation and unlocking using gaze tracking
US12326975B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 28, 2024 |
| Grant date | Jun 10, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 28, 2044 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V2201/02
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Embodiments include methods of activating a display screen of a device. Such methods include establishing respective connections with one or more candidate devices, each having a candidate display screen, and obtaining angle of arrival information of respective signals transmitted from the candidate display screens or from the candidate devices. Such methods include selecting a display screen from the candidate display screens based on the angle of arrival information indicating that selected display screen is in a direction of gaze of the eye of the user, causing a confirmation code to be displayed on the selected display screen, and obtaining an image of the selected display screen having the confirmation code displayed thereon. Such methods include activating the selected display screen from an off or locked state based on detecting the confirmation code in the obtained image. Other embodiments include host systems configured to perform such methods.
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