Samsung patents AR headset that adjusts images using eye tracking
Samsung describes an augmented reality headset that uses a light emitter and receiver to track the user's eye position. The device calculates the angle of the headset on the head and adjusts the virtual image to match the user's line of sight.
In the filing’s own words
A device and a method for recommending a custom function in an electronic device to a user is provided. The electronic device obtains a user gesture that repeatedly occur through interaction with the user and determines one or more customized functions to be suggested to the user among a plurality of accessibility functions considering the user gesture. The electronic device may execute a target customized function selected by the user from among the one or more customized functions.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An augmented reality device comprising: a support configured to mount the augmented reality device on a head of a user; a lens including a reflective surface; a light emitter configured to emit light toward an eye of the user; a light receiver configured to receive light from the reflective surface; memory storing instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: obtain a marker image corresponding to a pattern associated with the reflective surface based on a signal from the light receiver; determine an orientation parameter of the support based on the marker image; obtain an eye image based on the signal from the light receiver; and correct the eye image based on the orientation parameter.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING IMAGES IN AUGMENTED REALITY
- Publication number
- US20260278967A1
- Application number
- 19683923
- Filed
- May 21, 2026
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Inventors
- 7
- Claims
- 18
Classified under
G06T 19/006 Physics & computingG06V 10/143 Physics & computingG06V 10/25 Physics & computingG06V 10/60 Physics & computingG06V 2201/07 Physics & computingMore from Samsung in AR, VR & displays
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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