Samsung patents eye-checking method for XR headsets
This filing describes a method for electronic devices, such as extended reality headsets, to verify if a user's eyes are positioned correctly relative to the display lenses. The system uses multiple cameras and eye-tracking sensors to measure the actual distance between the user's pupil and the lens, comparing it to a required setting. If the distance is incorrect, the device can likely prompt the user to adjust their position for a clearer view.
In the filing’s own words
A method includes initiating display of guidance for a user to focus on an object displayed on at least one display device of an electronic device. The method also includes obtaining (i) first image frames using at least two imaging sensors of the electronic device, (ii) first data using at least one eye-tracking sensor of the electronic device, and (iii) second data using at least one object tracking camera of the electronic device. The method further includes determining an actual eye relief distance of the user between (i) a lens of the at least one display device and (ii) a center of a pupil of an eye of the user. The actual eye relief distance is based on the first image frames, first data, and second data. In addition, the method includes determining whether the actual eye relief distance matches a specified eye relief distance of the electronic device.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method comprising: initiating, using at least one processing device of an electronic device, display of guidance for a user to focus on an object displayed on at least one display device of the electronic device; obtaining, using the at least one processing device, (i) first image frames using at least two imaging sensors of the electronic device, (ii) first data using at least one eye-tracking sensor of the electronic device, and (iii) second data using at least one object tracking camera of the electronic device; determining, using the at least one processing device, an actual eye relief distance of the user between (i) a lens of the at least one display device and (ii) a center of a pupil of an eye of the user, the actual eye relief distance based on the first image frames, the first data, and the second data; and determining, using the at least one processing device, whether the actual eye relief distance matches a specified eye relief distance of the electronic device.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- ADAPTIVE EYE RELIEF VERIFICATION AND NEW MAPPING FOR VIDEO SEE-THROUGH (VST) EXTENDED REALITY (XR) OR OTHER APPLICATIONS
- Publication number
- US20260281299A1
- Application number
- 19540446
- Filed
- Feb 13, 2026
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04N 13/344 Electricity & electronicsG06F 3/013 Physics & computingG06V 40/18 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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